The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) through its Publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh has again chosen to politicise the Nyanya, Abuja terror attacks. Mr. Metuh blamed the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) for the attacks. Excerpts from his statement can be read below:
“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,”
“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.
The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has released a statement condemning today’s attacks while blaming the main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the attacks. Read excerpts from the statement below.
“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?”
Like Olisa Metuh, another presidential aide, Reno Omokri posing as Wendell Simlin sought to play smart with the terror attacks in Borno. He hid under the pseudonym Wendell Simlin as he sought to deflect responsibility away from the government claiming the increased spate of attacks were because of the suspension of the Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. This is yet another disgraceful effort from a government that ought to be busy looking for solutions to the menace.
