The Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) has declared seven days of mourning for victims of
incessant killings across the country.
Kola
Ologbondiyan, PDP spokesman, who announced this on Wednesday, said the party’s
flags in all its offices and formations would be flown at half-mast during the
period.
The party expressed particular concern over
Saturday attack in Plateau state, which
left about 100 persons dead.
Following
the attack by suspected herdsmen, the state government had imposed curfew on
three affected local government areas, and had also promised to fish our the
attackers.
“The
national working committee (NWC) of the PDP has declared a seven-day mourning
for the victims of the gruesome killings of innocent Nigerians by marauders and
bandits in Plateau state and other parts of the country,” Ologbondiyan said via
a statement.
“We
urge 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 for
acting helpless in the face of continuous mass killings.”
The
Plateau incident is just one of the numerous other attacks that have left
hundreds dead this year alone.
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to bring the killers to
book.
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