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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to address the insecurity concerns of Nigerians and stop blaming the opposition and the media.

The PDP described allegations by the Presidency, that the opposition is sponsoring a protest against the heads of military institutions, as “derisory, self-indicting, diversionary” and portrays it as confused in the face of discontentment by Nigerians.

The party, according to a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said that the Presidency was trying to divert attention by blackmailing the media and opposition because it could no longer face Nigerians, over its failure to deal with those behind acts of insurgency, terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and escalated violence under its watch.

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“It is clear to all, including even the Presidency, that Nigerians across board, have been in protest against the Buhari-led administration and need nobody to mobilize them to publicly exercise their constitutionally guaranteed rights any day to register their discontentment against a failed administration that has continued to live on propaganda, excuses and denials.

“Moreover, the PDP restates that its demand that the security high command should be rejigged to inject new blood to effectively tackle our security challenges; a position that have become a consensus opinion of all other patriotic individuals and groups, including the two chambers of the National Assembly, is well known within and outside our country.

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“Accusing the opposition and threatening the media are therefore diversionary and apparently aimed to validate alleged plots by agents of governments to clamp down on innocent Nigerians, the media and members of the civil society to suppress & foist a siege mentality on Nigerians.

“Moreover, the PDP is aware that the accusation is part of the ploy by the Buhari Presidency to intimidate our party to abandon its demands for the administration to be alive to its responsibility to secure the nation or step aside for more competent hands to manage the affairs of our nation.

“Our party holds that instead of resorting to fabrications, blackmail and threats, a responsive and concerned administration should rather listen to the people, stop its blackmail, propaganda, denials and excuses; take urgent steps to rejig its security architecture and end the escalated bloodletting under its watch,” the statement stated.

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