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A serious war of words is currently brewing between the federal government and the opposition as the national
leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has alleged that the leadership
of the opposition, All Progressives Congress, (APC) and their governors were
responsible for Monday’s bomb explosion by the members of the Boko Haram which
took place in Nyanya, a suburb of the nation’s capital, Abuja, where over
hundred persons were feared dead, with several others, injured.
Noting that the attacks cannot be
justified under any guise, the PDP raised alarm that they were politically
motivated and can be traced to the utterances and comments of those it termed,
“desperate persons who seek to undermine and discredit the present
administration and make the nation ungovernable for President Goodluck Jonathan
by instituting a reign of terror against the people.”
In a statement obtained by SHOWBIZPLUSng, on Monday from PDP National
Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the party while condemning the act as
barbaric, monstrous and extremely wicked, stressed that the party was shocked
and has remained grief- stricken since it received the news of the gruesome
attack and killing of Nigerians pursuing their legitimate endeavours.
Alleging that the APC should be held
responsible over the sad and unfortunate incident, Metuh said, “We stand by our
earlier statements that these attacks on our people are politically motivated
by unpatriotic persons, especially those in the APC, who have been making
utterances and comments, promoting violence and blood-letting as a means of
achieving political control.
“Nigerians are also aware of
utterances by certain APC governors which have been aimed at undermining our
security forces and emboldening insurgents against the people.
“Those who have been promoting
violence through their utterances can now see the monster they have created.
They can now see the end product of their comments; a country flowing daily
with the blood of the innocent.
The question is; how do they feel
when they see the mangled and blood-soaked bodies of their victims? How do they
feel when they hear the voices of the dying and the injured?
“Of course they feel nothing. Their
hearts have been hardened and they are embittered by the fact that they have
been rejected by the people.
They are bitter because the people
have chosen to rally round the government they love and voted for; but must
they chose the path of violence and bloodletting as a response to the wishes
and aspiration of the people?
“The PDP weeps. We are indeed
grief-stricken. Our hearts go out to the bereaved, especially those who have
been orphaned and widowed and those now deprived of their bread winners by this
evil act. We share in their pain, their anguish and their loss and pray that
those behind their grief must not escape justice.
“Urging all well meaning Nigerians
to stand up and join President Goodluck Jonathan in his untiring efforts to check
terrorism in the country, the PDP caution those fueling the attacks to retrace
their steps, rid themselves of bitterness and desperation and seek forgiveness
from God.
“The party, in solidarity with the
people also shelved all official engagements while praying God to grant the
bereaved the fortitude to bear the loss.”
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