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The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned the ongoing massacre of innocent Nigerians in the country, especially the recent killings in Malumfashi, Katsina State, urging President Bola Tinubu to declare a Statement of Emergency in Katsina and Zamfara states.
Bolaji Abdullahi, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, in a statement on Sunday, said the measure is necessary to help arrest the brutality of the Boko Haram insurgents.
Recall that dozens of worshippers and villagers were brutally massacred in a Mosque, resulting in the death of over 50 worshipers, describing it as further proof of Nigeria’s collapsed security architecture.
The party linked the killings to a broader wave of terror in Katsina and Zamfara that has claimed over 140 lives in two months, and called on President Bola Tinubu to stop “jet-setting across the world” and “urgently declare a State of Emergency in the affected states”.
The party also criticised the decision of PDP Governors to hold their political meeting in Zamfara only days after the tragic slaughter of dozens of people in the state, describing the action as “insensitive”.
The party noted that evil act epitomises the horrors that Nigerians have been forced to endure under this administration.
“It is also a damning proof of the total collapse of our national security architecture, which has prompted even the nation’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) to ask citizens to learn how to defend themselvesChief of Defence Staff (CDS) to ask citizens to learn how to defend themselves.
The carnage in Katsina comes on the heels of the recent killings in Zamfara, where 47 people were slaughtered, including 38 hostages murdered even after ransom was paid.
Recall also that the deadly bandits had killed another 45 persons earlier in Zamfara, with entire villages ransacked, and dozens abducted, within the month of August alone.
“Taken together, over 140 Nigerians have been murdered in just two months in Katsina and Zamfara alone.” according to the ADC image maker.
The party said: “it is disheartening to note that instead of confronting these urgent national tragedies with the seriousness that they demand, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu continues to jet-set across the world, chasing photo-ops, while his people are dying in dozens at home.
“We wish to remind Mr. President that diplomacy abroad is meaningless if safety and security at home cannot be guaranteed.
“It is equally appalling to note that President Tinubu has not made a direct statement of condolence to family of victims or given the assurance of safety to those still alive. This negligence would have been unthinkable in those countries that the President loves to visit.
“In view of the foregoing, ADC therefore calls for an immediate declaration of a State of Emergency in Katsina and Zamfara States until the government is able to stem the tide of bloodshed in those places and restore some order.”
The party also called on President Tinubu and his government to embark on total re-evaluation of Nigeria’s national security architecture, which has already proven incapable of protecting lives and property.
“The recent call by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) for citizens to acquire self-defence skills is perhaps the most honest indicator yet that there is a need to rethink the entire internal defence system.”
The ADC Condemned “the decision of PDP Governors to hold their political meeting in Zamfara on Saturday, only a few days after scores of innocent citizens were slaughtered in that same state.
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“Instead of the governors to rally around their beleaguered colleague to help stop the orgy of killings, they chose to stage a political rally at the scene of mass murder, even if it meant trampling on the memory of the victims. The photos of PDP Governors in full ceremonial robes, grinning for the camera is totally out of place in an environment that still reeks of so much blood and sorrow.”
The party noted that the act alone further underlines the fact that neither the ruling APC nor the incurably afflicted PDP care about the people and their suffering. “They only care about power and politics.”
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