“Insensitive”: ADC berates PDP governors over political meeting amid killings

• He described the meeting as an insult to victims of the violence, saying it is disrespectful to those affected

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has excoriated the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for holding a political meeting days after bandit attacks claimed several lives in Zamfara and Katsina State.

Over 30 worshippers were killed when bandits attacked a mosque in Malumfashi Local Government, Katsina State, last Thursday.

Gunmen have also continued to attack communities in Zamfara, with recent figures indicating that 24 people were killed, 16 were injured and 144 were kidnapped across multiple local government areas.

In a statement on Sunday, ADC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, described the meeting as an insult to victims of the violence, saying it is disrespectful to those affected.

“We condemn the decision of PDP Governors to hold their political meeting in Zamfara on Saturday, only a few days after scores of innocent citizens were slaughtered in that same state.

“Instead of the governors rallying around their beleaguered colleague to help stop the orgy of killings, they chose to stage a political rally at the scene of mass murder, even if it meant trampling on the memory of the victims. The photos of PDP Governors in full ceremonial robes, grinning for the camera, are totally out of place in an environment that still reeks of so much blood and sorrow.

“This act alone further underlines an important fact: neither the ruling APC nor the incurably afflicted PDP cares about the people and their suffering. They only care about power and politics. ”