The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the silence of
President Muhammadu Buhari over the attempted assassination of Samuel Ortom,
governor of Benue state, calls for serious concern.
On Saturday, gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked
Ortom’s convoy while on a visit to his farm.
In a statement on Sunday, Kola Ologbondiyan, national
publicity secretary of the PDP, alleged that there is a plot by the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) to disintegrate the country through banditry and
electoral violence.
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alerts the nation of a grand plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to use acts of banditry and electoral violence to disrupt our democratic order and disintegrate the nation, having realized that they have been rejected and can no longer win elections in our country,” Ologbondiyan said.
“The party asserts that the silence of the APC and the
Buhari Presidency to the attack and assassination attempt on Benue State
Governor, Dr Samuel Ortom, by bandits, who were reported as killer herdsmen,
calls for serious concern.
“The PDP also stressed that the silence of the APC and the
Buhari Presidency to the violence unleashed by APC thugs, leading to the
killing of two innocent Nigerians and a police officer, in the Ekiti State
bye-election at the weekend and the postponement of the election, only goes to
show that the APC is all out to derail our democracy just because they have
been rejected by Nigerians.
“Our party holds that such disposition in the face an
assassination attempt on a democratically elected governor by bandits as well
as killing of innocent Nigerians and a law enforcement officer by suspected APC
thugs amounts to endorsing acts of violence and assault against our democratic
order, sovereignty and corporate existence as a nation.
“It is the belief of our party that such silence on an
assassination attempt on Governor Ortom is portentous given that the attack
came on the heels of his outspokenness in exposing those allegedly behind the
incessant attacks on communities in the state and demanding that the Federal
Government should live up to its responsibility on the protection of life and
property in the state.
“The PDP invites Nigerians to note how the APC and its
leaders have been patronizing bandits, terrorists and kidnappers and even
justifying their acts of violence against innocent Nigerians while providing
cover for the thugs they use in their plot to derail our democratic order.”
On Saturday, the PDP had called on the police to investigate
the attack on Ortom’s convoy and arrest the assailants.
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com