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Plateau PDP condemns bloody attacks on state citizens

In a statement signed by the state Publicity Secretary of the party,
John Akans, described the attacks as unfortunate even when people are
restricted to their homes to halt the spreads of coronavirus in the
country.

“Our dear Plateau State is at present in a precarious state. Despite
the danger our people are facing as a result of this corona pandemic,
our people have been subjected to attacks everyday by the unknown Fulani
herders without efforts from the state government to protect the people
or to arrest the criminals.

“As of today, no arrest has been made. With this, the people of
Plateau are at present living in danger as a result of the lethargic
behaviour from the governor in both fight against herders and this
current dreaded virus. The attitude displayed by the APC and and top
government officials does not reflect the reality of what other states
are doing to safeguard their citizens across political divides.”

He noted that it was evident that the Governor Simon Lalong-led
administration had not done anything to douse the tension among the
people who are subjected to bloody attacks.

“It is evidently and soundly clear that the government of Lalong and
the APC have failed to douse the already existing public apprehension in
this difficult time when the public space is awash with uncertainties;
demand the government and the APC in the state have not shown genuine
leadership in the fight against the enemies of the people who are
killing us everyday, and also this current unseen but dreaded pandemic
virus.

“The failure of this present APC leadership has continued to endanger
the lives of our people with a clear manifestation that the APC and
Governor Lalong are only interested in their party, because that is the
only virus they know and understand which has infected their thinking
faculty to the extent that they only think of what matters to them and
who gets protected from COVID-19 and herders must be APC members.What a
pity”

The PDP decried the attitude of Governor Lalong who only invited APC
members to an important meeting where precautionary measures were taken
to fight COVID-19.

“With this attitude, Governor Lalong has not demonstrated expected
visibility and inclusiveness to give hope and direction as well as to
continue protecting lives and properties of our dear people particularly
the defenseless people in the rural areas who are being attacked
constantly by suspected Fulani herders.

“We are shocked by the presentation made by the APC economic team at
what was supposed to be a general stakeholders meeting on COVID 19
awareness by Governor Lalong on proactive measures taken by government
to stop the spread of coronavirus.

“Only APC members were invited to project his performance, at the
time the governor is supposed to save lives. As expected and to the
publics’ greatest amazement, his invited team was able to project his
performance to be at 25% for the year 2020

“Our worry as a party with this projection is that even when there
was no Coronavirus (COVID 19) in the year 2016, 2017, 2018 to 2019,
Governor Lalong performed below 25%.

“We call on the good and resilient Plateau men, women, youth and
children not to be overcome by fear and anxiety but to remain heedful to
personal hygiene and social distancing regulations as well as extend
charity to one another, while also praying for divine intervention from
God Almighty at this perilous time.”

“We advised the APC leadership at this critical time to shun
political scheming aimed at scoring cheap political sympathy and join
hands with well-meaning stakeholders in the state to fight this scourge
and the continuous killings of our dear people in the state.

“As a party, we are optimistic that despite such clear manifest of
collective leadership failure at this critical time from APC and its
government, our party is confident that we shall overcome these
challenges.”

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