APC tackles ADC over statement on Buhari’s State burial

All Progressive Congress (APC) party has tackled the coalition African Democratic Congress (ADC) over Friday statement, accusing President Bola Tinubu of exploiting the late former President Mohammad Buhari’s death for political gains.

This accusation was triggered by the dignified state burial of the late former President, who passed on last week, and the show of compassion and support for his bereaved family by the government and people of Nigeria.
In a statement released by the APC Spokesman on Saturday revealed that the party’s criticism of the dignified state burial accorded the late President is as spooky as it is unconscionable.

Stating clearly that the ADC again has showcased itself to be without any understanding of customary state practice, and lacking empathy and essential humanity.
“That the ADC is blowing up over the state burial of the late President only reflects the party’s duplicity and insensitivity. What would the ADC have had President Tinubu do?

“Deny the late President Buhari the honour of a befitting state burial? Withhold empathy and support for the bereaved former first family? As a party that can begrudge the dead, the ADC must surely disdain the living”.

The Party stated that it’s unacceptable for the ADC to politicize a solemn moment of national grief, more so, as its senseless statement was issued during the week of national mourning for the late President.

It added that “The party’s reference to heartfelt gestures and activities of the government in honour of late President as “exploitation” is beyond the pale. It falls far outside the widest and wildest stretch of justifiable opposition politics.

“Clearly, the party and its villainous leaders have allowed their humanity to be corroded by desperation for inordinate and self-serving power.

“The late President Buhari lived a life of illustrious service to country as a soldier, military Head of State, a two-term democratically elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“He was also just a human being, a father, survived by a loving but grieving family worthy of our collective empathy and support at this difficult time”.

APC further said that the President showed compassion and a deep sense of loss of a friend, close political associate and predecessor.

Adding that Tinubu demonstrated patriotism and leadership by overseeing and participating in honouring the late President who gave so much to our dear nation.

The Party called on Nigerians to remain weary of the ADC and its band of political marauders prowling for power with nothing to offer them except peddling falsehood and vilifying a President who is hard at work for the transformation and progress of our nation.