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The North East Solidarity Network of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says some persons believed to be moles working against the unity and interest of the country.

The APC group was reacting to an article where the author claimed a few individuals were playing games with our future and putting our security institutions on a dangerous trajectory.

Reacting, however, the pro-APC group said it has become evident that the author has been working silently for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Ali Monguno, president of the group, while addressing a press conference in Abuja on Saturday, called on the leadership of the APC to expel the author  from the party for alleged antiparty-activities.

“We have become aware of an inciting and derogatory opinion. There have been some degrees of hesitation to respond to the inciting nature of the article, which has been widely publicised and syndicated by different media outlets,” he said.

“Our hesitation is based on the desire not to be seen as being sexist and intolerant of a woman holding public office or presuming that she cannot make meaningful contribution to national debates on account of her gender.

“Another consideration that has tampered the rapidity of our response is the collective hysteria on the part of those we have found she is working for. Any perceived criticism of the shallowness of her thinking would immediately be put down as the intolerance of the ruling APC. Yet, she has turned facts on its head to not only disparage the office of President Muhammadu Buhari, she went the extra length of maligning other appointees that have put more dedication and patriotism into carrying out their assignment

“We believe she must have contracted the writing of the article to someone else and never bothered to vet it before it was sent out for publication. Otherwise, there are glaring shortcomings that should not have emanated from someone that currently occupies a public position. The piece credited to her is an admission of failure to which someone of an equivalent engagement in other countries would have resigned before making the points she attempted to make in the piece.

“By virtue of her position, the same points she raised in the article could have been better made and put in the form of a memo to Mr President. Her stance would then have been tenable as a concerned appointee and party member that wants the best for the country in addition to wanting the President to deliver on his promises to Nigerians.

“We want to affirm that the author must have been using her role to sabotage the government’s efforts in providing improve security for the country. If she were patriotic as she said, her article should have listed what she has done as a member of the Commission to improve on security in Nigeria. But she could not mention one thing she has uniquely contributed towards the improvement of the Police.”