The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently declare a state of emergency on security to end the escalated killings across the country.
The party, in a 13-paragraph communique issued at the end of its emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee in Abuja, on Thursday, reached the conclusion after considering crucial issues of national importance.
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According to the statement, “NEC lamented the heightened insecurity pervading all parts of our nation due primarily to the misrule of President Muhammed Buhari and All Progressives Congress as well as their failure to decisively tackle the menace of terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, bloodletting and acts of violence in our country.
“NEC urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately declare a national state of emergency on security.
“NEC also urged President Buhari to, without delay, convoke a national conference on security so as to galvanize ideas and options to tackle insecurity in our country.
“NEC further commended the efforts of governors, senators, House of Representatives members and other officials elected on the platform of the PDP in forcefully seeking solutions to the spate of insecurity in our country” the communique read in part.
2023 elections
The communique also discussed programmes of the party preparatory to the 2023 general election.
“With regard to the programmes of our party, NEC expressed satisfaction with the efforts of the NWC in preparation for the November 6 Governorship election in Anambra state and asserted its readiness to do everything possible, within the confines of the law, to win the election,” the communique added.
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