The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), Saturday told President Muhammadu Buhari not to embark on ego trip but
to accept the alleged bitter truth over the claims by the United Nations, UN,
Rapporteur, saying various forms of insecurity have escalated under his
administration.
It also told Buhari to seek for
help, alleging that the Buhari administration has no solution to the alleged
festering problems in the country.
The opposition party’s spokesman,
Kola Ologbondiyan said this in a statement in Abuja.
In his words, “Buhari should show
humility and accept the bitter truth that poverty, internal conflicts,
bloodletting, banditry, kidnapping, insurgency, abuse of human rights and general national
insecurity have escalated under his divisive, vindictive and
repressive administration.
“The party says instead of
embarking on ego trip and picking a fight with
the United Nation (UN)
Rapporteur, Agnes Callamard, for highlighting the grave security issues in our
country, which are already in the international domain, the Buhari Presidency
should be seeking for help, seeing that it has no solution to the festering
problem.
“If anything, the UN Rapporteur
report only reinforces the positions of credible international bodies including
the United States Department of State, Amnesty International (AI) and
Transparency International (TI) which also reported cases of arbitrary and
extra-judicial killings, illegal arrests, arbitrary detention, torture,
festering violence, reported disappearances and abuse of human rights under the
Buhari administration.
The PDP further holds that the UN
report is a vindication of its stance as well as that of millions of Nigerians
that the ineptitude and repressive tendencies of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) administration under President Buhari are emboldening acts on violence
and fuelling impunity, division and intolerance in the polity.
“Today, Nigeria is becoming one
of the most insecure places to live. Citizens can no longer move freely around
their country as marauders, kidnappers, insurgents and bandits take over the
highways, pillage communities, kill and take citizens captive at will”.
Further, PDP alleged that the
Buhari Presidency would be doing a great disservice to Nigerians especially
those in communities are being ravaged by insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and
ethnic clashes should it fight persons and organisations that tell the truth
rather than seeking solutions.
Also, the PDP holds that at the
moment, what ought to be paramount to the Buhari Presidency should not be
the sentiments of regime image but the welfare and security of
vulnerable Nigerians.
It, therefore, cautioned Buhari’s
handlers on their alleged unguarded statements on grave national issues.
Ologbondiyan added, “Buhari
should immediately accept responsibility for his failures and seek help since
he has not demonstrated the capacity to effectively led a nation as complex as
Nigeria at the moment.
“The truth can be bitter, but in
its acceptance lies the solution”.
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