The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council has slammed the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the country’s hardship.
The PDP was reacting to a massive protest in the state over petrol scarcity and fuel price increases.
The Deputy Director Publicity, State Campaign Management Committee, Chris Osa Nehikhare, on Monday said that the ruling APC will not stop until the country is burned to the ground.
The PDP stated:
It is with deep sympathy and empathy with residents of Edo State and indeed all Nigerians that this press statement is being issued today, with regard to the lingering fuel crisis alongside other issues of grave concerns currently bedeviling the nation, and which have continued unabated.
The inefficiency of the APC-led federal government has never been in doubt. We have always known that they dealt from the bottom of the deck, but this is the height of inhumanity and conscienceless depravity; it is one suffering too many.
As a result, the party urged all residents of the state to be aware that, as a people-oriented party, the PDP shares their anguish and, as such, remains a part of the protest.
The Edo State Government, according to the PDP, had previously informed residents of the state of its commitment to resolving the unending shortage and increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) until it became available and affordable to all residents in the state.
The state government has since put in place a monitoring team as well as other machineries, to checkmate the excesses of major petroleum marketers, in order to ensure a seamless distribution and sales of PMS.
It is however worth noting, that the lackadaisical attitude by which the APC-led government has handled this fuel crisis so far, bears testament to their disregard and lack of empathy for the Nigerian populace.
Their ‘Loop of Bondage’ must be broken. We cannot allow them to perpetuate or prolong these lingering challenges.
The APC has nothing but misery and pains to offer Nigerians. You try to put out one fire, they start another. Like arsonists, they will not rest until they burn this country to the ground, the statement reads.
The PDP condole with all Edo State residents and assured them that their days of suffering are nearing its end, stressing that with their support and votes, “we shall chase the APC out of power in the forthcoming general election.
“This is why we call on the good people of Edo State and indeed Nigerians today, to join the PDP to end this tyranny and free ourselves from the tiresome thread-mill of existence under the APC-led administration.”