Nyanya explosion: PDP’s accusation is ploy to arrest our leaders – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the
atrocious bomb blast that left 71 persons dead in Abuja on
Monday, and urged the Federal Government to urgently
convene a National Stakeholders’ Security Summit to help
find a lasting solution to the spate of mindless killings in
the country.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its Interim
National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the
party expressed its shock and sadness at the savagery of
the attack, while condoling with the families of those killed
and praying for a quick recovery for the injured.
It said it is now obvious that all efforts so far to tackle the
insurgency in the country have not yielded much fruits. It
said the PDP-led Federal Government lacks the capacity
and has clearly run out of ideas on how to tackle the
violence.
“It is time for new thinking, new ideas to stop this
insurgency before it consumes all of us. The attack, right
on the outskirts of Abuja which has been spared this kind
of spectacular strike since 2011 means those behind it are
getting bolder and bolder, and it’s time to stop them,” it
said.
APC said in the national interest and in the spirit of
bipartisanship, it is willing and ready to be part of any
positive efforts to end the daily loss of lives and the
damage to property that seem to have hit a new high since
the beginning of this year.
Meanwhile, the party has described as despicable the
PDP’s attempt to trivialise what it described as ”a very
serious issue and make the opposition the fall guy for its
own egregious failure.”
According to APC, “‘The PDP and the government it leads
at the centre should realise that this issue is beyond
politics and partisanship, and should reach out to other
stakeholders to help find a way to end the insurgency that
has now defied all measures, including a state of
emergency.
”Trying to blame the opposition for the attack, as the
harebrained PDP has irresponsibly done even when the
bodies of the victims are still lying in the morgue, cannot
advance a genuine push to end the insurgency.”‘
The party wondered whether the PDP’s ignoble accusation
was part of a sinister motive to call the dog a bad name
just to hang it.
”PDP is so desperate that it will stop at nothing to plunge
Nigeria into chaos just to achieve its objective of clinging to
power at all costs. Its baseless and infantile accusation, at
a time of great national pain, may be a ploy to instigate a
clampdown against the opposition.
”We are therefore calling on all our members, and indeed
all the good people of Nigeria, to be vigilant in the days
ahead,” the party added.