PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan is livid over comments of his National Security Adviser, General Andrew Owoeye Azazi, that decisions of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were responsible for the increase in violence.

Jonathan’s tempered reaction in alluding to the possibility of Azazi having been misunderstood could be an interim position.

Azazi speaking at the second South-South Economic Summit in Asaba, said: “The issue of violence did not increase in Nigeria until when there was a declaration by the current President that he was going to contest. PDP got it wrong from the beginning. The party started by saying Mr. A can rule, and Mr. B cannot rule, according to PDP conventions, rules and regulations and not according to the Constitution.

That created the climate for what is happening. Is it possible that somebody was thinking that only Mr. A could win, and if he did not win, he could cause a problem in the society?”

Was Azazi wrong in saying PDP placed its conventions above the Constitution? No, but Nigerians want to see him doing more than pointing out the source or the sources of insecurity. We cannot arrest PDP. Has he done anything about the individuals responsible for the party’s decisions?

“I don’t believe undemocratic practices in the PDP could give rise to Boko Haram or any other groups. So probably people need to ask NSA to explain what he really meant,” Jonathan said. Everybody, except the President, understood the NSA. He was clear about the undemocratic practices of PDP and their consequences.

Former President Ibrahim Babangida last month rated PDP undemocratic after its national convention that produced national officers, the same path the party has followed since inception.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, was less indulging in condemning Azazi. “Appointees of government should navigate only on the terrain where their authority would not be humbled by superior knowledge so as to avoid attracting undeserving and unnecessary ill-feelings for their principal.”

None of these positions would improve our security. The President insists insecurity is a global challenge and Nigeria could not escape it. Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo re-stated the position at the Asaba summit. Is that the final position?

What worries Nigerians is that neither the blame sharing, nor the promises to act decisively on insecurity, has worked. The current interest flows from last week’s bombing of media houses. Silence and inaction would soon ensue until another incident.

The present debate will distract any purposeful efforts to tackle insecurity. Whether it is PDP or disgruntled groups that are bombing Nigeria, the task remains — stop the bombs.

Nobody seems to be doing that which is what really worries Nigerians.