APC: Group defends its early campaigns for Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan’s supporters under the aegis of “GEJites Volunteers” have dismissed the claim by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that its early campaigns were “callous and insensitive” to the challenge of insecurity in the country. In a rebuttal signed by the Chairman and the National Coordinator of GEJites Volunteers, Chief Anthony Tosan Prest, the group denied the allegation that it had started campaigning for President Jonathan. The group, which said it was well informed that campaigns could not start until the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lifted the embargo, said it was just mobilising support for the person it thought could solve the country’s problems. It added its decision to mobilise support for the President stemmed from the fact that Jonathan had so far remained the hardest working President ever in the history of Nigeria. “The APC should know that Nigeria is a free country and everyone has the right to support whoever he or she wants, even the freedom of association is guaranteed.