The PDP has expressed concern over what it described as “mounting tension, escalating public restiveness, violence and rising cases of extra-judicial killings in the country” happening under the APC-led administration.
The party, in a statement yesterday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government should step up strategies to guarantee the security of lives and property of citizens.
“The frightening situation in the country is precipitated by series of divisive and undemocratic actions and statements of the Buhari administration coupled with its official high-handedness, blatant refusal to obey court orders and open disregard to constitutionally guaranteed rights of citizens,” the PDP said.
“The PDP thoroughly rejects the resort to maximum unleashing of state apparatus of power against citizens at the slightest provocation, resulting in bloodletting and extra-judicial killings of compatriots, preponderance of which are never investigated despite the usual lip service of bringing perpetrators to book.
“The PDP believes that the life of every Nigerian is sacred and deserves respect as provided for in the 1999 Constitution (as emended).
