Stampede Politics: APC Mocks PDP Over 2014 Immigration Jobs Scandal

The All Progressives Congress APC has hit back at the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP over the claim that the government’s failed policies caused the stampedes that claimed more than 65 lives across three towns in recent days.

In its fight back, the APC reminded the PDP of the stampede in 2014 that led to the death of applicants for positions in the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS when the PDP was in power.

Initial blames were thrown at the then minister of interior now senator representing Benue South, Senator Abba Moro but he was cleared of all allegations.

Against the taunts of the PDP of the hunger stampedes in recent days, the APC in its fight back mocked the PDP of the job stampedes that also occurred while it was in power.

APC spokesman, Felix Morka in a statement said Nigerians have not forgotten the ill-fated 2014 recruitment exercise into the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS which led to the death of some desperate job seekers.

Chastising the PDP for allegedly turning the stampede deaths into a political issue, the APC spokesman said:

“Rather than genuinely commiserate with the victims and their families, the PDP chose to politicize the grief of the victims by blaming the stampedes on the All Progressives Congress APC-led administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“The tragedies have brought together all well meaning Nigerians in mourning and sober reflection on how the incidents might have been avoided through better planning and organization by all involved. Our thoughts and prayers remain with the victims and their families.

“It is grossly indecent, insensitive and despicable for the PDP to exploit these tragic incidents in a senseless attack against the administration that has devoted itself to fixing the ruins of nearly two decades of PDP administration.

“Nigerians have not forgotten the tragic stampede at the ill-fated Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment exercise in 2014 at the Abuja stadium, under the watch of the PDP administration, that left many desperate job seekers dead and scores injured. The PDP’s allegations only remind us of its sordid record of maladministration and utter incompetence”, Morka added.

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