…SAYS PARTY TRYING TO PROFIT FROM NATIONAL TRAGEDY
The ruling All Progressives Congress has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of seeking to benefit from a national tragedy.
The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr Felix Morka, condemned the PDP for allegedly politicizing the terrorists attack which resulted in the death of many Nigerians.
He described the alleged PDP action as ‘unconscionable, insensitive and irresponsible’ in a statement on Friday.
He said that a statement attributed to the PDP which accused the Federal Government of complicity in the distressing savage attack on the train was irrational.
Morka added that the President met with the service chiefs, adopted preventive measures, directed the rescue of kidnapped victims and ordered arrest of the perpetrators while the PDP was making its statements.
He said, “While our nation is in deep mourning over recent terrorist train attack and other acts of violence perpetrated by avowed enemies of our nation, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sought to profit from our collective grief and tragedy in its desperate quest to seize power and plunge our country back into ruinous looting ways.
“In one of its many irrational outbursts, the PDP has suggested that the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government is complicit in the heinous train attack in which some of our compatriots lost their lives, several injured and others unaccounted for.
“It is outright unconscionable, insensitive and irresponsible for the PDP to seek to politicize a terrorist attack that cut short the lives of our dear ones for its own base interest.
“Granted that Nigerians have become accustomed to PDP’s arrant flippancy, the occasion of a national tragedy is not exactly a good time for puerile rascality.
“While the PDP digs deep in the mud trying to find electoral gold, President
Muhammadu Buhari, in a swift response to this tragic event, met with Security Chiefs and directed the immediate conclusion of all processes for implementation of the integrated Security Surveillance and Monitoring System (ISSM) solution for Abuja-Kaduna Rail Line as well as the extension of the ISSM solution to cover the Lagos – Ibadan Rail Line.
“The President further directed the rescue of all kidnapped passengers, and ordered a manhunt for the perpetrators of these acts of terror. The management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) was also directed to speedily repair the damaged lines and restore services without delay.”
According to Morka, the APC is committed to collaboration with the relevant agencies to bring the perpetrators of the dastardly act to book even as the party mourns the dead.