The National Working
Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared a seven-day
mourning for the victims of the gruesome killings of innocent Nigerians by
bandits in Plateau state and other parts of the country.
Consequently, the party
directs that its flags at all its offices and formation at all levels across
the country be flown at half-mast during the period in honour of the victims.
In a statement signed by
its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, PDP urges the people of
Plateau state to exercise their rights as global citizens, work with other
public-spirited Nigerians and groups and take President Muhammadu Buhari and
his government to the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague for
acting helpless in the face of continuous mass killings in our country.
‘The PDP firmly holds that
the life of every Nigerian is sacred. All Nigerians must be protected whether
they are Birom, Basange, Igbira, Tiv, Idoma, Hausa, Igbo, Fulani, Gbagyi,
Yoruba or from any other tribe whatsoever.
The fundamental duty of
government all over the world is the protection of lives and Nigerians can no
longer continue to fold their hands while compatriots are being daily hacked
down by marauders’.
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