The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has blamed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government for the abduction of students of Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State.
The students were abducted by members of the terrorists group, Boko Haram, on Monday when they attacked the school.
Although some of the girls who fled had returned, no fewer than 50 others are yet to be accounted for.
But in its latest reaction in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party said the Buhari-led administration should be held responsible for the abduction of the students.
This, the PDP said, is apart from other atrocities committed by the terrorists group.
It argued that the Presidency had put Nigerians at risk by deceiving the people and issuing false performance indices suggesting that insurgents had been completely routed out.
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The situation, PDP said, made unsuspecting citizens to drop their guards in the face of real threats and danger.
It said if the government had not declared that Boko Haram had been defeated, more precautionary measures would have been adopted by the affected communities to ensure adequate protection.
“We were shocked that in their proclivity to deceive, the authorities earlier informed Nigerians that some of the girls have been recovered only for the news to turn out to be false.
“While President Buhari has not uttered any word of assurance, government’s visiting team headed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, only had a whistle stop at the Dapchi school and made no effort to interface or even commiserate with community leaders and parents of the abducted girls, while completely shutting out the media.
“This only further confirms APC’s insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians.
“It is more irking that the President and Commander-in-Chief will publicly provide a day an asymmetry war will come to an end as if acts of insurgency are fought like a conventional warfare,” the party added.
