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Buhari’s lies caused abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls, other B’Haram atrocities –PDP

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This is no time for feasting, go to Dapchi, PDP tells Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Presidency for being responsible for the abduction of schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe State and several other atrocities committed by insurgents against Nigerians, particularly in the northern part of the country.

The party said that the Buhari Presidency put Nigerians at risk by deceiving the people and issuing false performance indices suggesting that insurgents have been completely routed out, a situation the party said, made unsuspecting citizens to trust the lies and drop their guards in the face of real threats and danger.

Calling on Nigerians to directly hold Buhari responsible for the insurgent attacks in Yobe and other parts of the North, the PDP said, “Without doubt, if the incompetent All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government had not dished out lies to the people in a bid to score cheap political points for its ill-lucked 2019 re-election bid, more precautionary measures would have been adopted by the affected communities to ensure adequate protection.”

This was contained in a statement the party issued through its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan.

“While Nigerians are appalled by APC’s recourse to false indices in critical sectors, it is however, to say the least, an inexcusable height of wickedness to give a vulnerable people a false assurance of security when they are actually in danger.

“Furthermore, the PDP decries as iniquitous, the efforts by APC-controlled federal authorities to suppress information on the abduction, leading to conflicting reports and frustrating of rescue mission, just because they seek to hide the failures of the presidency in ensuring the safety of Nigerians, particularly in the north.

“We were shocked that in their proclivity to deceive, the authorities earlier informed Nigerians that some of the girls have been recovered only for the news to turn out to be false.

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“While President Buhari has not uttered any word of assurance, Government’s visiting team headed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed only had a whistle stop at the Dapchi school and made no effort to interface or even commiserate with community leaders and parents of the abducted girls, while completely shutting out the media. This only further confirms APC’s insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians.

“It is more irking that the President and Commander-in-Chief will publicly provide a day an asymmetry war will come to an end as if acts of insurgency are fought like a conventional warfare.

“It is painful that Nigerians are faced today with a government that has been heavy on propaganda and issuing of false statistics, while playing down on several atrocities committed against defenseless citizens.,” part of the statement read.

 

 

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