make-believe justifications usually credited to President Muhammadu
Buhari over the failure of the Federal government to stem the tide of
killings and bloodletting in the country.
It also asked the presidency to respect the dead in the gruesome
killings in Plateau, Zamfara, Benue, Yobe, Adamawa, Borno, Kogi,
Taraba and other troubled states.
PDP spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan made this known in a statement made
available to newsmen in Abuja.
He said, "It is indeed reprehensible that the Presidency in its usual
arrogance and insensitivity to the mood of the nation chose to condemn
the PDP for declaring a seven-day mourning and flying our flags at
half-mast in honour of the dead and solidarity with the bereaved.
"It is disturbing that even in death, the Buhari Presidency still
wants to deny these victims of callous murder the honour of being
mourned.
"We are particularly appalled that instead of joining Nigerians in
mourning the dead and seeking ways to stem the escalation of the
bloodletting under its watch, the Buhari Presidency is engaged in
morbid reference to past killings as if the lives of Nigerians have no
value under President Buhari's watch.
"PDP also promised that it would continue to identify with Nigerians
at this troubled time irrespective of ethnic, religious and political
affiliations and will therefore not allow itself to be dragged into a
needless mire with the Buhari Presidency, which has shown by its
statement, that it has no iota of regard for the lives of Nigerians."
The opposition party, however, asked Buhari to confront the challenge
of fulfilling the basic responsibility of governance by providing
security to the lives and property of all Nigerians irrespective of
their creed, tribe and political affiliations.
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