Skip to main content

2019: Don’t campaign about killings in Nigeria - APC warns PDP

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has reportedly asked the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to concentrate its campaigns ahead of the 2019 general elections on the killings in the country, but rather focus on people-oriented issues.

In a statement released by the APC on Thursday, December 13, by Lanre Issa-Onilu, its national spokesperson, the party said victims of killings are owed solemn conducts in their honour and in empathy with the bereaved families.

The party said this should be the norm, not to play politics with unfortunate events.

READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda

According to the APC, the latest campaign of the PDP attempts to distort facts concerning the security record of the President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.

Premium Times reports that the APC said this in reaction to a declaration by the PDP’s national chairman, Uche Secondus, that under the current administration, more Nigerians have been killed than during the Civil War that ended in 1970.

It said if it wanted to follow the PDP’s allegation, it would also pitch the civil war deaths with what happened under the PDP government that ended in 2015.

The ruling party said it would engage Nigerians based on the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the election.

The APC reminded the PDP that it successfully tackled the Niger Delta crisis which it inherited from the opposition party.

It also reminded the PDP that Ogoni, a community in the Niger Delta had been destroyed by oil keaks which has eventually led to the recommendation of a clean-up.

PAY ATTENTION: Download our mobile app to enjoy the latest news updates

It said even though the report was released under Goodluck Jonathan’s government in 2011, nothing was done about it until 2015 when the Buhari government launched the exercise.

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) recently alleged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the police operatives have formed ally with All Progressives Congress (APC) to victimise the party.

The Punch reported that the national chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, said this on Wednesday, December 12, through a statement by his media aide, Ike Abonyi.

NAIJ.com (naija.ng) -> Legit.ng. We have upgraded to serve you better.

Leadership of Nigeria is not meant for our forefathers| Legit TV

Source: Legit.ng



from Nigeria News today & Breaking Naija news ▷ Read on LEGIT.NG 24/7 https://ift.tt/2S0Ju2s
via EDUPEDIA24/7

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

These funny food quotes will make you laugh like crazy

Food is not only an essential part of the daily routine but also the most exciting one. We cannot imagine our life without something yummy. How do you make ordinary eating fun and unforgettable? We bring to your attention amazing food quotes which will definitely make you smile. Image: unsplash.com (modified by author) Source: UGC Are you looking for interesting ideas to entertain your interlocutor while having lunch at work or family dinner? Then this article is definitely for you! Good food quotes Below are food quotes, aphorisms and witty statements. This is an exciting and extraordinary collection of the top "pearls of wisdom" on this topic. Here you can find funny jokes and sayings, intelligent thoughts of philosophers and original words of great thinkers and inspiring statuses from social networks, as well as many other things. The best appetite comes without food. I love calories. They are dаmn tasty. An empty stomach is the Devil's playground. Have bre
Post a Comment
Read more

The Transitional Phase of African Poetry

The Transitional Phase The second phase, which we have chosen to call transitional, is represented by the poetry of writers like Abioseh Nicol, Gabriel Okara, Kwesi Brew, Dennis Brutus, Lenrie Peters and Joseph Kariuki. This is poetry which is written by people we normally refer to as modem and who may be thought of as belonging to the third phase. The characteristics of this poetry are its competent and articulate use of the received European language, its unforced grasp of Africa’s physical, cultural and socio-political environment and often its lyricism. To distinguish this type of poetry we have to refer back to the concept of appropriation we introduced earlier. At the simplest and basic level, the cultural mandate of possessing a people’s piece of the earth involves a mental and emotional homecoming within the physical environment. Poems like Brew’s ‘‘Dry season”, Okara’s “Call of the River Nun”, Nicol’s “The meaning of Africa” and Soyinka’s “Season”, to give a few examples,
Post a Comment
Read more

The pioneering phase of African Poetry

The pioneering phase We have called the first phase that of the pioneers. But since the phrase “pioneer poets” has often been used of writers of English expression like Osadebay, Casely-Hayford and Dei-Anag, we should point out that our “pioneer phase” also includes Negritude poets of French expression. The poetry of this phase is that of writers in “exile” keenly aware of being colonials, whose identity was under siege. It is a poetry of protest against exploitation and racial discrimination, of agitation for political independence, of nostalgic evocation of Africa’s past and visions of her future. However, although these were themes common to poets of both English and French expression, the obvious differences between the Francophone poets and the Anglophone writers of the 1930s and 1940s have been generally noted. Because of the intensity with which they felt their physical exile from Africa, coupled with their exposure to the experimental contemporary modes of writing in F
Post a Comment
Read more