By Moses Okorie
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fired back at the coalition African Democratic Congress (ADC) over its statement accusing the ruling party and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of being insensitive to the plights of the citizens especially victims of mosque attack in Malumfashi local government area of Katsina State.
In a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Felix Morka, it is in extreme bad taste for the ADC to attempt to exploit this tragic event for inordinate partisan political points.
The statement reads: “The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to a highly opportunistic and grossly insensitive comments attributed to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) over the tragic killing of innocent citizens by some enemies of the state in Malumfashi, Katsina state.
“It is a thing of national tragedy when lives of innocent and law-abiding citizens are cut down by forces of evil and terror. It is despicable and must be condemned by all Nigerians. Our thoughts and prayers remain with the families of the victims of this and other incidents.
“Events like this remind us of our common humanity and citizenship, and beckon on all of us, irrespective of ethnicity, religion or political affiliation, to stand together as one to combat and defeat these soulless forces of terror. It is also an occasion to encourage and support the valiant members of our security forces in the frontlines of the war on terror, who put their lives on the line everyday for our peace and safety”.
APC scolded the ADC for insinuating that President Bola Tinubu must remain grounded and go nowhere in anticipation of attacks by shadowy forces of terror, saying such is remarkably lame and senseless, and shows the ADC to be without any understanding of government and its workings.
Morka said the ADC’s indulgence in peddling false narratives and obscene propaganda is exactly the reason for their miserable showing in the just concluded bye-elections in the country, turning up zero scores everywhere.
“You would think that they would draw some lessons from the bye-elections outcomes and understand that spewing falsehood and half truths in press statements is not exactly an effective election-winning strategy. ADC has enough Atiku-mess on their hands, and should focus on fixing themselves, and quit chasing shadows.
APC lamented that the ADC’s condemnation was coming just a few days that Boko Haram founder’s son and two Ansaru leaders were captured in joint Nigeria-Chad raids which have been widely hailed as major anti-terrorism breakthroughs.