The Peoples Democratic
Party has asked Nigerians to hold officials of the Buhari Presidency and the
“anti-people All Progressives Congress” responsible for the festering violence
and incessant killing of innocent Nigerians by terrorists.
This is contained in a
statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Thursday.
The party asserted
that the recent “confession by the Buhari administration that our nation, under
its watch, is at the mercy of terrorists, is self indicting; being the outcome
of the overt and covert support given to terrorists by some unpatriotic APC
leaders for their selfish interests.
“The PDP recalls how
the APC chieftain, as opposition leaders in the APC as well the defunct Action
Congress of Nigeria (ACN), openly showed sympathy to terrorists and took steps
that frustrated genuine efforts by the then PDP government to fight terrorism.
“Nigerians can recall
how in 2013, APC leaders, then as ACN leaders, declared the proscription of
terrorist groups in Nigeria as unconstitutional and even demanded that
terrorists be accorded VIP treatment and should be brought to Abuja for
negotiation in private jets; a development that sparked public apprehensions of
their suspected links with terrorist groups.
“The PDP further
recalls how the APC, as opposition, went on propaganda war to frustrate
government’s effort towards procurement of weapons to fight terrorists, with
some of them, who are now governors and ministers, accusing then Federal
government of seeking to use the weapons to kill opposition members.
“The role played by
APC leaders to frustrate the purchase of weapon through South Africa connection
is still fresh in the minds of Nigerians.
“Nigerians can also
recall how the APC deployed negative propaganda to scuttle efforts by the
Jonathan administration to bring in mercenaries that would have assisted in the
anti-terrorism war.
“Nigerians would also
recall how these APC leaders truncated the training of the elite troops in
Belarus by claiming that they were being trained as snipers to kill opposition
members before the 2015 general election.
“Our party also
recalls how, ahead of the 2015 elections, the APC leaders encouraged hoodlums
to fight against the system, with one of them, who is now a minister,
emboldening hoodlums and insurgents to resist our security agencies with
machine guns.
“Even in government,
the APC administration has failed to effectively equip our security forces, as
recently confirmed by its officials, thereby jeopardizing the lives of our
gallant troops fighting in the fronts, while the Commander-in-chief, who
promised to lead from the fronts, continue to issue unhelpful rhetorics from
the safety and comfort of the Presidential villa.
“The public can recall
how the APC Federal Government and APC governors have been making excuses for
terrorists, negotiating with, and even paying and pampering the killers of our
compatriots.
“Nigerians also know
how the APC administration had declared these marauders and bandits as
deserters from Gaddafi’s army and yet ask Nigerians not to fight back but
accommodate them as neighbors.
“Such subtle support
for terrorism was witnessed in the bizarre attempt by the APC-led
administration to blame the 43 innocent Nigerians beheaded by terrorists in
Borno state on Saturday.
“Moreover the APC has
failed to account for thousands of thugs and hoodlums it imported into our
country to unleash violence on Nigerians during the 2015 and 2019 election;
many of who are feared to be part of the bandits and marauders ravaging our
nation today.
“The APC should end
its hide and seek and come clean on its connection with the escalated
activities of terrorists, bandits, kidnappers and killers in our country.”
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