The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has alleged that the aloofness of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All
Progressives Congress (APC) administration on issues of security was
responsible for the escalated killings in Nigeria.
It also described as extremely
wicked and heartrending, the horrible killing of 60 worshippers in a blast at a
mosque and nearby market in Mubi, Adamawa State by insurgents.
In a statement by its National
Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the main opposition Party also lamented
as shocking and devastating, the gruesome murder of Mr. Ebikimi Okoringa,
Special Adviser to Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson, by gunmen on Monday.
The statement reads: “The PDP and
indeed all Nigerians are deeply worried about the ceaseless killing of citizens,
which has
“It is painful that while
President Buhari and the APC Federal Government are busy misleading Nigerians
and the world with false claims of having decimated insurgents, the same
insurgents are having a field day pillaging our citizens in various parts of
the country.
“We hold that if the incompetent
APC administration had not continued to issue false security assurances, these
compatriots would not have believed a lie and dropped their guards when they
would have adopted more precautionary measures; only to be slaughtered as soft
targets by insurgents.
“The PDP therefore charge our
security agencies to insulate themselves from the APC propaganda and take
urgent steps to tackle the security situation in the country. Nigerians look up
to them now, more than ever before, to deploy their patriotism and professional
skills to ensure the safety of lives in our country.
“Furthermore, the PDP is shocked
by the murder of Mr. Okoringa, a patriotic and selfless Nigerian, who worked
hard not only for the development of his state but Nigeria at large.
“We charge security forces in
Bayelsa state to immediately spread out and apprehend his killers and bring
them to book.
“The PDP stands and commiserates
with the families of Mr. Okoringa, the victims of the blast in Adamawa state
and the daily bloodletting in Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa, Zamfara, Plateau, Kogi
and other states, which have become the order of the day under the APC
administration.
“Finally, we urge Nigerians
across board to continue to be alert and support one another irrespective of
religious, ethnic and political leanings, especially at this trying time in the
history of our nation.”
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