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Former Vice
President and presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party
(PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, alleged that President Goodluck
Jonathan is desperate to make his political rivals the scapegoats of
the latest bombing incidents in Jos and Abuja.

A statement by his
Campaign Organisation in Abuja, accused Mr Jonathan of inciting the
public against them through the administration’s paid agents to link
his (Mr Abubakar) recent comments, to the latest bomb blasts.

A bomb had exploded
in the Mammy market in Mogadishu barracks last Friday killing many and
injuring others. The incident took place barely one week after series
of such attacks in Jos, the Plateau State capital.

The organisation
said that newspaper adverts by the President’s agents are already
making insinuations that Mr Abubakar was connected to the two incidents.

While condemning
violence in any form, however, the organisation observed that Mr
Jonathan is taking advantage of national grief to hang the
responsibility for the terrorist incidents on the necks of main
political rivals, particularly the former vice president.

It also declared
that any president who exploits the bomb incidents to incite public
hatred against his opponents with the purpose of framing them up is as
guilty as the yet-to-be identified bombers.

“In a moment of
national crisis, President Goodluck Jonathan must demonstrate sobriety
and cool-headed posture rather than losing his head to impetuous
emotions,” the organisation said.

“The President
should allow security services to carry out intensive investigations
instead of using the incident to frame up political opponents whom he
perceives as stumbling blocks to his ambition.

The President’s tacit approval of linking his opponents to the bombs is dangerous politics.

“The President cannot surpass Atiku’s commitment to national
security. Such wicked insinuations, if not stopped, can complicate the
efforts to identify the bombers,” the statement maintained. Sully Abu,
media spokesman of the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation, said
“There are ongoing investigations by the security and law enforcement
agencies into the blasts and whosoever is fingered by the
investigations will be brought to book.” Mr Abu stated this in a text
he sent to us.