The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the All Progressives Congress (APCsilence )’s on Sunday’s heinous terrorist attack and killing of innocent worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, confirmed the ruling party’s complicity in the terrorist attack across the country.
The PDP also chastised President Muhammadu Buhari for issuing a lame and disconnected press statement.
The opposition party said in a statement issued Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, that the president’s statement lacked the empathy, concern, assurances, and commitment expected of a Commander in Chief.
The PDP also called the statement feeble and insensitive, adding that “the statement by the Presidency is a further confirmation of the APC administration’s tacit sympathy for terrorism.”
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“This is because, in saner times, the President would personally address the nation on the gruesome murder of many citizens under his care,” the statement said in part. The silence of President Muhammadu Buhari is deafening, and it points to public allegations that terrorists are receiving tacit accommodation from the highest levels of the APC administration.
“It is truly unforgivable that, while terrorists were murdering our citizens in Owo, President Buhari was busy having dinner with APC leaders and conducting political meetings aimed at perpetuating APC’s fraudulent, insensitive, inhumane, and vicious government on hapless Nigerians.”
“Such actions by the APC and President Buhari, who has woefully failed to lead the fight against terrorism from the front lines, embolden terrorists to carry out even more heinous attacks on our citizens.”
“The APC’s inexcusable stance also lends credence to Nigerians’ fears that the APC is planning a crisis orchestration in various parts of the country to derail the scheduled 2023 general elections.”
The PDP also claimed that the APC has never strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Nigeria since it was revealed that the party allegedly imported outlaws from neighbouring countries to help it rig the 2019 general elections.
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The PDP challenged the APC to come clean about their support for terrorists.
The opposition party also urged Nigerians not to despair, but rather to remain united and vigilant.
Before the 2023 general elections, the PDP promised to rescue and rebuild the country from the APC’s misrule.
