PDP Slams APC Over ‘Redeployment Of Soldiers’ From Kuje Prison

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fingered the All Progressives Congress as being complicit in the Tuesday attack on Kuje Prison in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Naija News had earlier reported that terrorists on Tuesday night invaded the facility and released not less than 600 prisoners.

The PDP probed the alleged redeployment of soldiers from the facility a day before the attack and the weak security architecture at the correctional centre.

The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated this in a statement on Wednesday titled, “Terrorism: APC Complicit in Kuje Prison Attack – PDP Asserts…Queries Redeployment of Soldiers 24hrs Before Incidence“

The opposition party slammed the federal government for failing to act on the intelligence provided by the Directorate of State Services (DSS) who had warned of an impending attack on the prison.

It asked the Buhari government to tell Nigerians who ordered the reported redeployment of soldiers from the facility and who failed to act on the intelligence provided by the DSS.

“The failure of the APC administration to act on the intelligence provided by the Directorate of State Services (DSS) which on Tuesday July 5, 2022 reportedly warned of an impending attack on the Kuje Correctional Facility gives credence to fears by Nigerians of complicity at very high level of the APC administration.

“This is in addition to further reports that soldiers deployed to the precinct of the Kuje Correctional Facility and who had become familiar with the terrain were redeployed 24 hours before the terrorists attacked.

“The PDP demands that the APC government should come clean on who ordered the reported redeployment of soldiers and who failed to act on the intelligence provided by the DSS.

“Nigerians can recall the public confession by the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai at the wake of the bloody Abuja-Kaduna terrorist attack that the APC-led administration knows the whereabouts and the plans of the terrorists ravaging our nation but deliberately refused to act. Nigerians will also recall how APC leaders publicly romanced and paid money to terrorists,” the statement reads.

The PDP added that the simultaneous terrorist attacks on the advance convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State and Kuje prison show that the Buhari government has failed to protect the citizens.

It, however, alleged that the unchallenged terrorist attacks across the country are plots by the APC to postpone the 2023 general elections.

“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemns in the strongest possible term, the spate of insecurity and the audacity with which terrorists ravage our country unchallenged under the rudderless All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.

“The simultaneous terrorist attacks on the advance convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State as well as the Correctional Facility in Abuja, the nation’s capital, underscore the collapse of our security command and control structure under the failed, ineffective and uncoordinated Buhari-led APC administration.

“The terrorist attack on President Buhari’s convoy in his home State of Katsina as well as the ferocious invasion and the freeing of hundreds of terrorists and criminals from the Kuje Correctional Facility further confirm that Mr. President has lost control of the security of the nation and that Nigerians are no longer safe under the APC.

“The escalated spate of terrorism across the country has heightened apprehensions of complicity by the APC to open up our nation to more terrorist attacks with the view to stall the 2023 general election.”

The PDP condemned Buhari’s disposition to the attacks across the country and his failure to sack the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, in spite of his confession of affiliation to terrorists.

It also called on the National Assembly to summon the Security Chiefs for a thorough investigation of the circumstances resulting in the failure of the security system.

“It is rather distressing that President Buhari appears helpless without any decisive and concrete steps taken to stem the tide of terrorist attacks in our country.

“Even more curious is that President Buhari continues to retain Mr. Isa Pantami as Minister of Communication and Digital Economy to head and coordinate this very critical sector in the fight against terrorism in our country in spite of Isa Pantami’s confession of affiliation to terrorists.

“With the sequence of events in the last 48 hours, it is clear to Nigerians that the APC government headed by President Buhari has failed in the basic purpose of government which is to secure life and properties of the citizens.

“Given the urgency of the security situation in the country, it has become imperative that President Buhari convenes an emergency Council of State meeting for a review of the prevailing dangerous security atmosphere in our country. The PDP also calls on the National Assembly to pass a vote of no confidence in Isa Pantami and insist on his immediate removal as a minister.

“The National Assembly should also immediately summon the Security Chiefs for a thorough investigation on the circumstances resulting in the failure of our security system.