CPC :Badmos Disowns Hanga…Party Outraged by Baga Killings

Engr Badmos hitherto said to be one of the litigants desirous of laying claim to positions in the National Executive Committee of opposition Congress for Progressive Change, CPC has finally disowned Senator Rufa’I Hanga.The senator is the arrowhead of a tussle against the party .
A statement today by RotimI Fashakin, spokesman of CPC said the party “has noted the letter of clarification written by Engr. Badmos to the National Chairman (Prince Tony Momoh) in which he denied any knowledge of the litigation against the CPC by Senator Rufa’I Hanga and his band of renegades.”
Fashakin addedt “It would be recalled that Senator Hanga has continually listed Engr Badmos as one of the litigants that are desirous of laying claim to positions in the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Party. The inordinate ambition of this group suffered yet another set-back with the formal denial in a hand-written statement to the National Chairman.”
Sonsequently, the CPC said “The National Management Committee of the CPC has therefore rescinded the expulsion order on Engr. Badmos. He remains an important member and leader of the Party.
In another development , CPC said it is “outraged by the unfortunate incident of the wanton destruction of lives and property that attended the face-off between Insurgents believed to be Boko Haram and soldiers of the Joint Task Force in Baga, Borno State. The attendant ecological disruption and huge humanitarian calamity had attracted so much attention (international and local) that clearly obviates the need for the continuous passing the buck.
Fashakin said “True, the President has called for the Probe of this needless carnage, which euphemistically means stalemated action on the matter; the imperative of pursuing the Peace option is sorer than before. The houses destroyed must be rebuilt by the Federal Government whilst massive rehabilitative efforts are put in place for the displaced victims of the combatants’ rage.
“We recall that it was a PDP-led Federal Government that authorized the invasion of Odi on 20th November, 1999 on the pretense of redressing the killing of some Policemen in the Community. We have equally noted that this template of excessive force that falls far short from Internationally-accepted rules of engagement for internal peace enforcement – which successive PDP-led administrations have stridently followed – is no longer fashionable in civilized order of Human governments. We remind the Federal Government to ensure that Peace is the Pre-eminent watch-word for military engagement within the Nation-space,”CPC said, adding,”finally, we commiserate with the families of the deceased of the unfortunate incident, while praying for the speedy recovery of the wounded.”