By Dirisu Yakubu
ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as “extremely wicked,” the horrible killing of worshippers in a bomb blast on Tuesday at a mosque and nearby market in Mubi, Adamawa state by insurgents.

The party also expressed shock at the gruesome murder of an aide to Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, Mr. Ebikimi Okoringa by gunmen on Monday.

“The PDP stands and commiserates with the families of Mr. Okoringa, the victims of the blast in Adamawa State and the daily bloodletting in Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa, Zamfara, Plateau, Kogi and other states, which have become the order of the day,” the party said in a statement, even as it chided the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for doing little in addressing the security situation in the country.

“The PDP and indeed all Nigerians are deeply worried about the ceaseless killing of citizens, which has continued to escalate because of the aloofness of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration on issues of security in our country.

“It is painful that while President Buhari and the federal government are busy misleading Nigerians and the world with false claims of having decimated insurgents, the same insurgents are having a field day pillaging our citizens in various parts of the country.

“We hold that if the APC administration had not continued to issue false security assurances, these compatriots would not have believed a lie and dropped their guards when they would have adopted more precautionary measures; only to be slaughtered as soft targets by insurgents,” it further noted.

The party charged the security agencies to take urgent steps to tackle the security situation in the country, adding that Nigerians expect much from them in these turbulent times.