The All Progressives
Congress (APC) has warned the Accord Party against politicising the grief of
the people with its comment on the Soka forest horror.
The Interim Publicity
Secretary of the APC in the state, Mr. Dauda Kolawole, in a statement said:
“The people of Oyo State are in a state of grief and shock at the horrendous
discovery of ritual killers’ den in the state. The situation calls for sober
reflection from all and sundry. To be confronted with this cheap politicking in
the name of infantile accusation by the Accord is like opening the fresh wound
of the people of the state who are still mourning their dead and lamenting the
ugly incident.”
The APC said from
emerging testimonies of the kidnap victims, it was obvious that the den had
been in existence for almost 10 years, a period that covered what it called
“the drab government of Senator Rashidi Ladoja” and his successor.
They said rather than
accusing the government of insensitivity, it was the security consciousness of
the government that led to the discovery of the den and the prompt response of
government had become a thing of commendation from all and sundry.
“We are aware that the
Accord had been attempting to use this unfortunate event to come back to
reckoning by instigating the people and selling them cheap lies of government
using the forest as a camp for mad people. We are also aware that Accord
chieftains have infiltrated the rank of sympathisers at Soka with the objective
of creating a violent scene and disrupting the peace of the state.
Unfortunately for them, the evidence of victims who told the world that they
were not insane, have put a lie to their campaign of destruction,” the APC
noted.
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