Bandit attack on UNIABUJA shocking ― PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned Tuesday’s attack on the University of Abuja by bandits, describing as shocking the incident in which four staff members and some children in the institution were abducted.

According to a statement issued by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary, the main opposition party also said the attack was cowardly and demanded an unconditional release of the victims to reunite with their families members.

The PDP noted that the banditry occurred within the precincts of President Muhammadu Buhari’s immediate security purview, just 16 kilometers from the Aso Presidential Villa, saying that it shows the helplessness and failures of his administration.

The party added: ”With this act of banditry in Abuja, Nigerians expect President Buhari, in line with his promise to lead from the fronts to straightaway give himself a “marching order” to rescue the victims, just as gives to others whenever there are cases of security failures in commands outside of his security precincts.”

The PDP however charged the security agencies not to relent “in the face of the failures of the Buhari administration but rise up to the occasion, track down the bandits and rescue the victims.”

The party lamented the persistent insecurity in the nation and urged all the citizens to be at alert and assist security agencies in their genuine efforts to secure the country under an incompetent administration.

The PDP urged Nigerians to continue to pray for the safety and freedom of all compatriots languishing in their abductors’ den, while tasking governments at all levels to rise up to the occasion and devise more efficient strategies of securing the nation.

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