The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked Nigerians to hold President Goodluck Jonathan responsible for any possible further spread of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country.

The spokesman of the party, Lai Mohammed, in a statement issued in Lagos yesterday, alleged that Jonathan’s administration had unprecedentedly endangered the lives of Nigerians over the epidemic.

Mohammed specifically condemned Jonathan’s failure to stop a rally in his support in Port Harcourt on Saturday despite warnings from individuals and groups.

He said Jonathan who had declared a national emergency on Ebola and advised against large gatherings was the first to flout his own advice by failing to stop the rally by the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) in Port Harcourt.

“On the altar of political desperation, President Jonathan has put the lives of Nigerians in danger. In order to realize his ambition for re-election, President Jonathan has shown he is ready to sacrifice as many lives of Nigerians as possible. There goes the president’s statement that his political ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian. This President simply says what he doesn’t mean.

“As we said in our statement of August 28, 2014 calling on President Jonathan to halt the TAN rallies, especially the one in Port Harcourt, could anyone guarantee that none of those who have had contact with the medical doctor who died of the disease will attend the rally? That is why we are calling on Nigerians to hold the president responsible if Ebola spreads more than it has in the country,’’ the statement read.

‘’In fact, the APC in Rivers described such a rally most appropriately as a firing squad against the people. But because he will rather be re-elected than give a damn over the safety of the same people who voted him into office, because he will rather transmogrify than transform, President Jonathan ignored all the calls and allowed the rally to hold. This is an unprecedented act of political desperation.

‘’The TAN rallies are government-sanctioned. The TAN rallies are the Jonathan Administration’s cunning way of beating the INEC ban on campaigns for next year’s general elections. The TAN rallies highlight the impunity of the Jonathan Administration”, the party said.