PDP COMMENDS WIKE, FAYOSE OVER VISIT, GESTURE TO BENUE MASSACRE VICTIMS

ABUJA-The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and his Ekiti State counterpart, Ayo Fayose, for visiting Benue state and extending assistance to victims of the recent violent attacks and other internally displaced persons in the state. WIKE AND FAYOSE The party leadership, which had earlier visited State in the wake of the attacks, said the gesture by the two governors at a time the Presidency and governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) turned a blind eye to the sufferings of the victims, underlines PDP’s commitment to the wellbeing of all Nigerians in line with its ideology. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Thursday, said it is disheartening that the Presidency had refused to visit Benue state recalling that when the APC governors visited, after much entreaties, they failed to show any form of empathy to the victims. The party said that instead of APC empathizing with the people and ensuring that perpetrators of the attacks were brought to book, ” The party leaders have shown more concern for their selfish political interests across the nation.”