The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) on Monday decried what it termed the “gruesome killing” of over 100
innocent Nigerians in communities in Plateau State.
The party regreted that if
President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) had adhered
to its “wise counsel”, such killings would have been averted.
In a statement by its
spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP insisted that Buhari’s failure to “address
and bring to book, the perpetrators of killings and bloodletting in various
parts of the country is emboldening insurgents and marauders to further attack
and murder defenseless Nigerians.”
The statement said, “It is most
disheartening that compatriots are being killed daily because those saddled with
the responsibility of safeguarding lives are careless about the well-being and
safety of the people, as they focus only on their ill-fated 2019 re-election
bid.
“Even when the Zamfara State
governor, Abdul-aziz Yari cried out that he was overwhelmed by the spate of
insecurity and killings, the Federal Government gave him an ineffectual
response laced with their trite blame game.
“We urge Nigerians to note that
since the escalation of killings and bloodlettings in various parts of the
country, particularly in Plateau, Benue, Taraba, Kogi, Adamawa, Yobe, Borno,
Zamfara, Kaduna and other states, no concrete steps have been taken by the APC
administration to strengthen and fortify the security architecture in the
troubled areas.
“Instead, what we are witnessing
are inactions, impotent assurances and blame games that have continued to
compromise security in the areas thereby creating an opening for marauders to
continue to ravage our people.
“In fact, if the APC and its
Federal Government had channeled the same energy and resources they have
deployed to fighting perceived opponents towards fighting marauders and
insurgents, the security challenge would not have been as devastating as we
have in our nation today.
“We now find ourselves in a
situation where government attaches no value to the lives of Nigerians so much
so that top security officials flout presidential orders and even abandon their
security duties in troubled areas while the President, as the
commander-in-chief, takes no strong steps to reorder his parade.
“The PDP particularly agrees with
Nigerians that if the over 7,000 security personnel, police surveillance
helicopters and Armoured Personnel Carriers were not withdrawn from their
primary security duties and drafted to be part of the APC national convention,
the Marauders would not have had a field day in this Plateau attack.
“Furthermore, the PDP calls on
the APC and its government to come out clear on what they stand to gain by
allowing these killings and bloodletting to fester as if the lives of our
citizens have become worthless.
“Finally, while the PDP
commiserates with the families of the victims of the attack, we totally reject
these killings and demand an immediate concrete step to get to the root of the
matter and end this bloodletting in our land.”
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