The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the gruesome
beheading of 43 farmers by Boko Haram insurgents in Zabarmari,
Borno state.
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The victims were captured on Saturday while working in a rice
farm, tied up and beheaded by the insurgents in what the PDP
described as extremely wicked and devilish.
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In a statement on Sunday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan,
the PDP charged that the crime must not be left unaddressed.
“The PDP notes with pain that this horrific killing of
compatriots comes as yet another of the recurring horrid testament
and badge of failure of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC
administration to secure our nation and guarantee the safety of
lives and property in our country.
“Indeed, our party is distressed by the escalated killing and
maiming of innocent Nigerians by insurgents, bandits and marauders,
who have continued to ravage and pillage our communities, while the
lazy and lethargic Buhari administration continues with its lip
service, rhetoric and false performance claims,” the statement
said.
The party said it was particularly disturbed by the failure of
President Muhammadu Buhari to take decisive actions despite series
of concerns raised by the Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum, of
security compromises in the state.
The PDP observed that the Buhari administration appeared
helpless while the national security structure seemed to have
collapsed.
It added that the nation appeared to be on auto pilot with no
one in charge, while the ship of state has continued to drift.
The party further said: “All our nation gets from the Buhari
Presidency is that ‘Mr. President is shocked’, ‘Mr. President is
saddened’, ‘Mr. President regrets’ and such lame responses without
any decisive policy direction or directive to definitively tackle
the situation at hand, leading to escalation of killings in our
country.
“Such attitude by the Buhari administration has continued to
embolden insurgents to the extent that they now attack military
formations, convoys of state governors and engage in wanton
beheading of our compatriots.
“It is distressing that despite this sorry situation, Mr.
President, who promised to lead from the front, has receded into
the safety of Aso Presidential villa and refused to act on the
consistent demands of Nigerians to rejig the national security
architecture and replace the service chiefs with more capable hands
to affectively tackle our security challenges”.
The PDP charged the President to stop it described as his
unhelpful rhetoric. The party urged him to sit up and take actions
that will safeguard the lives of Nigerians who have been subjected
to all manners of mental and physical torture “under this
incompetent administration.”
It further charged the President to immediately move to
Zabarmari in Borno state, where the farmers were killed, empathize
with the families of the victims and lead from the front in
restoring security in the area.
“Our party commiserates with the government and people of Borno
state and urges Nigerians to remain at alert particularly in
providing useful information for our security agencies in this
fight against insurgency in our land.”
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the gruesome
beheading of 43 farmers by Boko Haram insurgents in Zabarmari,
Borno state.
The victims were captured on Saturday while working in a rice
farm, tied up and beheaded by the insurgents in what the PDP
described as extremely wicked and devilish.
In a statement on Sunday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan,
the PDP charged that the crime must not be left unaddressed.
“The PDP notes with pain that this horrific killing of
compatriots comes as yet another of the recurring horrid testament
and badge of failure of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC
administration to secure our nation and guarantee the safety of
lives and property in our country.
“Indeed, our party is distressed by the escalated killing and
maiming of innocent Nigerians by insurgents, bandits and marauders,
who have continued to ravage and pillage our communities, while the
lazy and lethargic Buhari administration continues with its lip
service, rhetoric and false performance claims,” the statement
said.
The party said it was particularly disturbed by the failure of
President Muhammadu Buhari to take decisive actions despite series
of concerns raised by the Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum, of
security compromises in the state.
The PDP observed that the Buhari administration appeared
helpless while the national security structure seemed to have
collapsed.
It added that the nation appeared to be on auto pilot with no
one in charge, while the ship of state has continued to drift.
The party further said: “All our nation gets from the Buhari
Presidency is that ‘Mr. President is shocked’, ‘Mr. President is
saddened’, ‘Mr. President regrets’ and such lame responses without
any decisive policy direction or directive to definitively tackle
the situation at hand, leading to escalation of killings in our
country.
“Such attitude by the Buhari administration has continued to
embolden insurgents to the extent that they now attack military
formations, convoys of state governors and engage in wanton
beheading of our compatriots.
“It is distressing that despite this sorry situation, Mr.
President, who promised to lead from the front, has receded into
the safety of Aso Presidential villa and refused to act on the
consistent demands of Nigerians to rejig the national security
architecture and replace the service chiefs with more capable hands
to affectively tackle our security challenges”.
The PDP charged the President to stop it described as his
unhelpful rhetoric. The party urged him to sit up and take actions
that will safeguard the lives of Nigerians who have been subjected
to all manners of mental and physical torture “under this
incompetent administration.”
It further charged the President to immediately move to
Zabarmari in Borno state, where the farmers were killed, empathize
with the families of the victims and lead from the front in
restoring security in the area.
“Our party commiserates with the government and people of Borno
state and urges Nigerians to remain at alert particularly in
providing useful information for our security agencies in this
fight against insurgency in our land.”