Cease politicising stampede tragedies, APC tells PDP

The All Progressives Congress on Monday slammed the Peoples Democratic Party for allegedly politicising the latest stampedes that claimed many lives in Ibadan, Oyo State; Abuja; and Anambra throughout meals distribution occasions.

The warning was issued in a press release in Abuja by the APC’s Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka.

Morka was responding to Sunday’s accusation by the opposition PDP, which described the tragic incidents as a “testomony to the alarming degree of distress, poverty, hunger, and desperation for survival” underneath President Bola Tinubu’s APC-led authorities.

In its response, the ruling social gathering expressed astonishment that, throughout a time of nationwide mourning, the PDP selected to interact in what it termed “callous political chicanery.”

The APC spokesman additional famous that Nigerians haven’t forgotten the tragic stampede through the Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment train on the Abuja stadium in 2014, underneath the PDP’s administration, which left many job seekers useless and scores injured.

“Fairly than genuinely commiserating with the victims and their households, the PDP has chosen to politicise the grief of the victims by blaming the stampedes on the APC-led administration of President Bola Tinubu.

“The tragedies have united well-meaning Nigerians in mourning and sober reflection on how such incidents might need been averted by way of higher planning and organisation by all concerned.

“The PDP’s allegations solely remind us of its sordid document of maladministration and utter incompetence in 2014. It’s both mischievous or totally out of contact with actuality to recommend that the APC-led administration has not proven dedication to Nigerians’ welfare. Laughably, the PDP claimed that APC insurance policies ruptured a ‘once-thriving financial system.’

“For years, successive PDP administrations operated a phantom financial system riddled with advanced distortions and suffocating corruption whereas deluding Nigerians into pondering that the financial system was wholesome. Altering course from the lies and deception of the PDP, the financial system is now rebounding steadily as reforms proceed to yield healthful dividends,” Morka said.