By Princess-Ekwi Ajide- Abuja
All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is seeking to profit from the national grief and tragedy in its desperate quest to seize power and plunge the country back into what it termed ruinous looting ways while the country is in deep mourning over recent terrorist train attack and other acts of violence perpetrated by avowed enemies of the nation
A statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Barrister Felix Morka, said in one of its many irrational outbursts, the PDP had suggested that the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government is complicit in the heinous train attack in which some compatriots lost their lives, several injured and others unaccounted for.
It described as outright unconscionable, insensitive and irresponsible for the PDP to seek to politicize a terrorist attack that cut short the lives of Nigerians for its own base interest saying that even though Nigerians have become accustomed to PDP’s arrant flippancy, the occasion of a national tragedy was not exactly a good time for puerile rascality.
The statement noted that while the PDP digs deep in the mud trying to find electoral gold, President Muhammadu Buhari, in a swift response to the tragic event, met with Security Chiefs and directed the immediate conclusion of all processes for implementation of the integrated Security Surveillance and Monitoring System (ISSM) solution for Abuja-Kaduna Rail Line as well as the extension of the ISSM solution to cover the Lagos – Ibadan Rail Line.
According to the statement, the President further directed the rescue of all kidnapped passengers, and ordered a manhunt for the perpetrators of the acts of terror adding that the management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) was also directed to speedily repair the damaged lines and restore services without delay.
It further said several senior administration officials visited and condoled with bereaved families and extended support and care to those injured in the attack while the PDP continued to engage in idle mudslinging.
The statement also noted that the APC mourns departed and its thoughts and prayers are with families and friends of the departed and the injured and the unaccounted for while pledging commitment to working with relevant authorities to bringing perpetrators of the despicable acts to justice.
