The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has accused
President Muhammadu Buhari of neglecting the human casualties in Benue
State to sympathise with the loss of cattle in Nasarawa State.
In
a statement released by the party on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, while
the president is currently on a 1-day working visit to Nasarawa, the
opposition party condemned the president as showing favour to one side.
The
statement concluded that the president’s official reason for visiting
the state is a ruse to cover his real intention of sympathising with
herders who recently lost cattle.
An attack by cattle rustlers on Yamadaga village, Kadarko community in Keana Local Government Area in Nasarawa had led to the death of 73 cows on January 29.
PDP’s statement read, “We
commend Muhammadu Buhari for visiting Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa
State on the pretense of commissioning special schools, but to
commiserate with the people for the killings and the loss of cattle of
some herders in the area.
“We
are however surprised that instead of President Buhari to visit Benue
State that had similar incidents with mind boggling casualties involving
humans, the President choose to call on Lafia, neglecting the people of
Benue State.
“This action of
President Buhari has once again reminded Nigerians that the President is
just for a section of the country and not for everybody as he claimed
in his inauguration speech.”