Fuel Scarcity: ANPP Accuses Obasanjo, Gana of Sabotage

Source By Ikenna Emewu

Following the claim Wed-nesday by Information and National Orientation Mini-ster, Prof. Jerry Gana that the energy crisis that has been crippling the nation since February is the handiwork of saboteurs, the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) has accused Gana and President Olusegun Obasanjo of being the real sabotuers. According to a press statement issued by the Buhari-Okadigbo campaign organisation, "the only reason our people don't have fuel is because the nation's refineries are not working. The refineries have been left to rot because Obasanjo prefers to continue to service his government's famous corruption through the lucrative fuel importation business which has long become a scam". The statement signed by Deputy Director-General of the campaign organisation, Sam Nda-Isaiah accused Gana of "lying shamelessly and engaging in cheap and insensitive talks, even in the face of excruciating suffering of the masses of the nation". The group lamented that "today it takes N10,000 to fill the tank of a car that used to take about N1,500 previously, and the Nigerian people are going through this gnashing hardship because they have been saddled with a government that is incompetent, insensitive, irresponsible, mean and corrupt without apologies". ANPP further alleged that "fuel importation is a lucrative venture that keeps the Obasanjo's government's corruption machine alive and well. The refineries will not be repaired as long as Obasanjo remains in power. The statement lampooned the Obasanjo government for cashing in on flimpsy reasons to justify the crisis, sneering that "first they said it was as a result of strike in far away Venezuela, then another said it was a technical fault. The party Chairman later said it was because of the war in Iraq, and now the tale is about saboteurs". "Obasanjo, Gana and and other members of the PDP gang are the real saboteurs of Nigeria. They are the ones who have held Nigeria on the jugular in the last four years," ANPP further submitted.