The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the All Progressives Congress (APCsilence )’s on Sunday’s gruesome 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 what it called 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 presidential statement lacked the empathy, concern, assurances, and commitment expected of a Commander in Chief.
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The PDP also called the statement feeble and insensitive, saying that “the statement by the Presidency is a further confirmation of the APC administration’s tacit sympathy for terrorism.”
“This is because, in saner climes, the President would personally address the nation on the gruesome murder of many citizens under his care,” the statement said in part. President Muhammadu Buhari’s silence 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 in the comfort, luxury, and safety of the Presidential Villa, 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, continue to embolden terrorists to carry out more heinous attacks on our citizens.”
“The APC’s inexcusable stance also lends credence to Nigerians’ fears that the APC is planning to orchestrate a crisis in various parts of the country in order to derail the scheduled 2023 general elections.”
The PDP also claimed that the APC has never strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Nigeria since the revelation that the party allegedly imported outlaws from neighbouring countries to help it rig the 2019 general elections.
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The PDP has challenged the APC to come clean about their support for terrorists.
The opposition party also urged Nigerians not to despair, but to remain united and vigilant.
Prior to the 2023 general elections, the PDP promised to rescue and rebuild the country from the APC’s misrule.
