…Calls for calm, investigation
BY GRACE ANYANWU, ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed serious concern over the ethnic violence and bloody clashes in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, which led to loss of several lives, saying that it is deeply disturbed by the unfortunate incident.
The party described the clash as disconcerting and calls for calm while the authorities unravel the remote and immediate cause of the crisis.
It particularly lamented what it described as “the escalation of ethnic crisis” in various parts of the country, which are largely traced to indignations occasioned by the divisive policies and tendencies of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government.
The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, therefore urged the APC and its Federal Government to bring a lasting solution to the growing tension in the country by ending its policies, body language and preferences that promote promotes divisiveness, lawlessness, injustices as well as infractions against our federal sensibilities.
The PDP however commended Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state for his proactive steps to restore order in the state.
While commiserating with the victims of the clash, the PDP called on all people of good faith to rally in ensuring peaceful co-existence in the country by instilling justice, adherence to rule of law as well as respect for federal sensibilities.
