Metele attack: PDP, Atiku dancing on graves of our soldiers, APC alleges

THE ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was politcising the recent casualty the Nigerian military suffered recently in its onslaught against the terror group, Boko Haram insurgents.

The main opposition party had on Monday alleged that funds statutorily allocated to fight insurgency were being diverted to prosecute the presidential ambition of the APC candidate and incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari.

But the APC in a statement signed by its national publicity secretary, Mallam Lanre Isa Onilu described the claim of the PDP as ” a reminder of the evil and retrogressive practices the PDP was notorious for during its defunct rule.”

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Onilu further claimed that raising such allegations when Nigerians were still mourning the demise of its soldiers has shown “that the PDP and its Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar have decided to dance on the graves of our valiant and patriotic soldiers by politicising their deaths in the recent Boko Haram attack on the Nigerian Army Metele base.”

The statement further read in part: ” The allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that military funds have been diverted to finance the 2019 election campaigns of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a sad reminder of the evil and retrogressive practices the PDP was notorious for during its defunct rule.

God forbid that the APC inherits and applies such morbid practice as brazenly displayed during the immediate-past PDP administration where funds allocated to fight the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast were shared among PDP leaders and their cronies.

It is clear that the PDP and its Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar have decided to dance on the graves of our valiant and patriotic soldiers by politicising their deaths in the recent Boko Haram attack on the Nigerian Army Metele base.

The PDP and Atiku are playing desperate politics where even the blood of our fallen heroes is fair game. Their actions are callous and insensitive to the families and dependants of the late soldiers and indeed our military which battles daily to ensure our territorial integrity.

Nigerians see through PDP’s ploy to score political points as elections approach and it will surely backfire.

While the APC mourns the death of our military and other security personnel who have lost their lives in the line of duty, we urge them to remain focused on the brave task of securing the nation. The President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration remains solidly committed to bringing lasting peace and security to all parts of the country and ensuring that previously displaced persons are rehabilitated to resume their normal and productive lives.”