by Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor-led Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN,
where he (El-Rufai) was accused of trying to tarnish the image of
Oritsejafor.
In a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Muyiwa Adekeye, Mallam El
Rufai advised the CAN President to look beyond his bling and answer
questions surrounding the private jet seized by SA authorities and his
involvement in the controversy. Find the statement below...
When light unexpectedly shines on murkiness, those exposed by the
stinging rays often berate the light rather than regret the muck. That
is the plight of Ayo Oritsejafor whose private jet was identified as
the vessel impounded by the South African authorities for ferrying
$9.3m cash into their country. A statement from Eagle Air admitted
Oritsejafor's interests in the aircraft, but said it leased the plane
to Green Coast which in turn acknowledged hiring the plane out for the
trip to South Africa.
Unable to shake off his connection to the plane, Oritsejafor has
resorted to abuse and vilification. Were he more reflective, he would
be pondering how, of all the private jets available in Nigeria, it was
his that came to be involved in a covert arms purchase scandal. Would
he have managed any objectivity if the plane involved happened to
belong to a prominent person of another faith or political persuasion?
Since abuse is not argument and is incapable of displacing fact,
Oritsejafor may care to answer if the jet involved in the scandal is
the same one that was "donated" to him in 2012? Did he register it as
a commercial aircraft or is the plane illegally moonlighting as one?
Has he ever reflected on the impropriety of mixing his religious role
with politics? Having strayed into politics, and an irresponsible
variant at that, can he expect the veneration enjoyed by his
predecessors such as Cardinals Olubunmi Okogie and John Onaiyekan? Why
is he the first CAN leader to provoke pitiful mirth and amusement when
he is not being derided as a tragedy, a sort of Ichabod, desperate to
separate glory from a revered body? Amidst his jitters, Oritsejafor
must look beyond the bling to ask himself if it was any of the
individuals he abused yesterday that asked him to make his aircraft
available for monkey business, or get himself involved in the politics
of division.
It is pertinent that we invite the Federal Government to reflect on
its role in this episode. Our country needs to bolster its military
and security forces with the material resources they need to defeat
insurgency and restore security to every inch of its territory. This
would require arms imports. But should Nigeria violate the arms export
regulation of other countries in this endeavour?
Should the FG recklessly impair and jeopardise diplomatic relations by
conducting covert arms purchases in friendly countries without the
consent of their governments? Such conduct invariably leads to
suspicions that such covert arms procurement may not be for purposes
of national security.
This instance of arms procurement outside official channels amidst an
escalating insurgency must concern every patriot.
In his House of Commons statement last week, Mallam El Rufai had
alluded to the clear implications of the likely link between
governmental murkiness and the escalation in the insurgency. The
government has long tried to explain away its incompetence in
upholding security by blaming insurgency on the major opposition
party. But it is becoming increasingly clear to many that this
insurgency is benefitting the ruling party and the incumbent president
by providing them a pretext to postpone elections and, at the minimum,
disenfranchise large swathes of the population that have never
supported the PDP or voted for Jonathan.
Mallam Nasir El Rufai urges every Nigerian to vigilance in these
troubled times. The tragedy of mindless terror should not be allowed
to become an endless catastrophe because of narrow political
calculations.
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