The national leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has cautioned the All Progressives Congress (APC) on celebrating insurgency, terrorism and fanning the embers of chaos rather than finding ways of assisting the federal government to fight it.

The national leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has taken a swipe at the All Progressives Congress (APC) for what it described as unguarded and unwarranted castigation of the federal government over efforts at dealing with insurgency in the country.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, the LP National Secretary, Olukayode Ajulo, accused the APC of what it described as unguarded and unwarranted castigation of the federal government over efforts at dealing with insurgency in the country.

"The APC campaigns, rather than being issue-based, are characterised by name-calling, factless fault-finding and dirty diatribes devoid of plans for Nigerians."

Ajulo, a constitutional lawyer who is also the Chairman of Egalitarian Mission for Africa, said going by the statement signed by (APC) National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Sunday, the party has finally revealed its evil intention against Nigeria.

"The APC has inter alia said: "the Jonathan administration got swindled by an impostor in a ceasefire deal. President Jonathan owes Nigerians an explanation on what has now turned out to be an unprecedented global faux pas. Engaging in cheap damage control by insisting on the genuineness of the deal."

"These unguarded talks and schoolboy lampoon show how myopic and selfish a party that claimed to be progressive is in issues of national security that hold dire consequences for the entire citizenry," he said.

According to Ajulo, LP believes that while vibrant opposition was necessary for democracy to flourish, the nation's unity and peace must not be sacrificed on the alter of do-or-die politics.

"Apparently the APC is not set out to win the 2015 general election as it lacks the vision, capacity and strategy to do so. Rather, their mission is to make the country ungovernable going by the utterances credited to one of its major presidential contenders.

"It is instructive that the same bellicose posture and politically infantile proclamations presaged the violence that visited the outcome of the presidential polls in 2011. And what is more, certain parts of the country have remained virtually ungovernable since then!

"Nigerians are not unaware of the antecedents of the APC major contenders. The nation will not be hoodwinked with factless rhetorics aimed at obfuscating the truth and refocusing attention from the personalities the party intends to present for the presidential polls."

According to the statement, "Pursuit of studies in terrorism and insurgency is not the hallmark of a political party aspiring to position of authority and power in a diverse society like Nigeria. Strategies that unite the people across classes, ethnic groups and religions should be held more paramount by any political party worth its calling."

It advised the APC to refrain from further inciting Nigerians and pay due attention to the much more palpable issue of their fast dwindling followership. http://www.dailytimes.com.ng/article/stop-fanning-embers-chaos-labour-party-warns-apc?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+com%2FKCRj+%28NEWS%21NEWS%21%21NEWS%21%21%21%29