Following the amazing rescue of Kankara Secondary Schoolboys, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP has asked the All Progressive Congress, APC, why it never condemns acts of terrorism in the country.
“Why is the APC not always forthcoming in condemning acts of terrorism and banditry but only issuing lame and patronizing press statements after being prodded and called-out by well-meaning Nigerians including the PDP?”
In a statement released after General Muhammadu Buahari spoke with the boys, the PDP, asserted that, “Perhaps, the time has come for Nigerians, whose loved ones have been kidnapped or killed by kidnappers or bandits, to approach the APC for redress.”
The opposition party further stated that, “It is also very worrisome that our government under the APC can no longer battle bandits and insurgent and now has to rely on nascent groups coordinated by APC leaders to negotiate and pay ransom to assailants.
“Such devious designs, the PDP says “have elevated acts of terrorism to a per-second affair in our nation under the encouragement of the APC.
The statement added that, The reported attack on the traditional ruler of Kaura Namoda in Zamfara state as well as the abduction of the traditional ruler of Ankpa in Kogi state, just after the settlement of the Katsina bandits, shows a disturbing trend.
They therefore call on “Nigerians to hold the APC responsible for the escalated act of banditry, kidnapping and terrorism ravaging our nation.”
Other questions asked by the PDP are –
- Why has APC refused to account for the political mercenaries it imported from Niger Republic and Chad to unleash violence during the 2019 elections as well as come clean on allegations that they are these crops of people are unleashing their anger on the nation following the failure of the APC to settle them?
- What is APC and its leaders gaining from the activities of bandits, terrorists, vandals and kidnappers, that they now act as if they are sureties for these assailants?
