The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) considers President Mohammadu
Buhari’s plan to visit Taraba and other states where Nigerians have
been victims of a killing spree as an afterthought and a fresh device to
further hoodwink the people ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The PDP said in a statement on Monday that “it is alarming that Mr. President will consider visiting some of these states months after marauders, insurgents and bandits committed their havocs.”
The PDP national Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said Mr. President has been in the country and never thought it necessary to pay a condolence visit to any of these states until Nigerians raised the alarm alleging a manifest indifference on his part.
“It is even more pathetic that in Benue state, President Buhari summoned
the leaders of the bereaved people to the Presidential villa, Abuja,
rather than complying with the age-long tradition of Africans by
visiting the bereaved.
“No wonder many Nigerians have dismissed the planned visits of President
Buhari to these states as cosmetic afterthought. Nigerians have already
formed their opinion of him, and rightly so, as a President that has
never shown them concern in their time of need,” he said.