Moses Ofodeme
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is alarm over the “reckless and bizarre” attempt by the Presidency to rationalise the gruesome beheading of 43 innocent Nigerians by insurgents in Zabarmari, Borno State.
Also, the opposition party bemoaned claims by the Presidency that the farmers were killed; because they failed to get clearance before going to their farms.
Spokesman to President Muhammdau Buhari, Garba Shehu, made the comment during an interview with the BBC on Monday.
However, in a statement issued by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday, the PDP said the remarks by the Presidency “smacks of support for the insurgency”
It also added that it was also an admission that the Buhari administration had been “overwhelmed by terrorists and can no longer guarantee our compatriots a normal life.”
The statement reads in detail, “Our party submits that it is weird; reprehensible; and repulsive that the Buhari Presidency now seeks to turn itself into a mouthpiece of terrorists; by this subtle attempt to rationalize the killing of innocent and hard-working Nigerians.
“This unpatriotic stance smacks of support for acts of terrorism and mindless killing of our compatriots; by a government whose Commander-in-Chief had promised Nigerians to lead the battle against insurgents from the front.
“Our party is forced to hold that attitudes such as the unpatriotic remark of the Buhari Presidency embolden insurgents in their ceaseless attacks in our country.
“Such also provides further insights into the escalation of acts of terrorism in our country in the last five years.
“It is indeed shocking that the Buhari Presidency has graduated from making bogus claims of having degraded terrorism; to the embarrassing point of blaming unprotected and helpless Nigerians; for falling victims of terrorist attacks.
“This, to say the least, is the height of leadership failure of the lazy; lethargic; and incompetent Buhari administration.”