The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government over the lingering security challenges in the country.
It also called for the “immediate resignation, arrest, and prosecution” of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, over his presidential ambition.
Following its 96th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on Wednesday in Abuja, the party decried what it termed the worsening insecurity and continued killing of innocent Nigerians by terrorists.
The party’s NEC, in a communique read to journalists by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said the criminals have been emboldened by the refusal of the government to confront the terrorists despite having knowledge of their locations and monitoring their phone conversations.
“NEC condemned the failure/refusal of the APC government to rescue our citizens still languishing in their abductors’ dens, including victims of last month’s terrorist attack on the Abuja/Kaduna train,” it said. “NEC urged the Federal Government to live up to its constitutional duty to secure life and property and ensure an unconditional release of all the abductees.
“NEC expressed dismay that our security command and control coordination structure has collapsed under President Muhammadu Buhari as Mr. President remains ‘absent’ having abdicated his duties as Commander-in-Chief and surrendering sovereignty over a substantial part of our country to terrorists.”
According to the main opposition party, the corruption and deliberate economic manipulations in the APC government have crippled the nation’s productive sector and resulted in the unbearable high cost of food items and other essential goods and services with consequential excruciating economic hardship to its citizens.
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