Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar chatting with PDP members on the party’s secretariat. Facebook
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared seven-day mourning for victims of the brutal killings by suspected herdsmen in Plateau state.
National Working Committee (NWC) of the party made this declaration, which additionally covers victims of assaults in different components of Nigeria.
To this finish, the PDP has directed that its flags in any respect its workplaces and formations in any respect ranges throughout the nation be flown at half-mast throughout the seven-day interval.
Spokesman of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, stated this in a assertion on Wednesday.
The party urged the individuals of Plateau ”to train their rights as world residents, work with different public-spirited Nigerians and teams and take President Muhammadu Buhari and his authorities to the International Court of Justice on the Hague for appearing helpless within the face of steady mass killings in our nation.”
The assertion also stated that “the PDP firmly holds that the life of each Nigerian is sacred. All Nigerians should be protected whether or not they're Birom, Basange, Ebira, Tiv, Idoma, Hausa, Igbo, Fulani, Gbagyi, Yoruba or from every other tribe in any respect.
“The fundamental duty of government all over the world is the protection of lives and we can no longer afford to continue to fold our hands while compatriots are daily hacked down by marauders.”