The ruling All Progressives Congress APC, has slammed the coalition African Democratic Congress (ADC) for criticizing Tinubu and alleging that he is politicizing Buhari’s death.
According to the APC, the ADC condemning President Bola Tinubu’s handling of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s burial was an act of dishonor to the dead president.
In a statement released on Saturday by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the party declared that the step by the ADC was both insensitive and unacceptable.
Morka states that the ADC taking advantage of the past President’s death when the nation was mourning is unacceptable.
According to the statement, the APC accused the ADC of being triggered by the dignified state burial of the late ex-president Buhari.
This is coming after President Tinubu paid tribute to the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday where he described him as a “good, decent, and honourable man” whose values of discipline, patriotism, and integrity will be remembered.
At a Special Federal Executive Council session held in Buhari’s honour at the State House, Tinubu praised the late ex-president who died on Sunday after prolonged illness in London, UK.
Tinubu had noted that despite his flaws, Buhari’s unwavering commitment to national service set him apart.
However, in a Friday, ADC’s Interim National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the tribute was all shades of wrong accusing the APC of pulling a deliberate publicity stunt with Buhari’s death.
Meanwhile, in their response on Saturday, the APC said the ADC’s reaction over the late President’s state burial only proves that they’re hypocritical and lack sensitivity.
“The party’s criticism of the dignified state burial accorded to the late President is as spooky as it is unconscionable. Again, the ADC has showcased itself to be without any understanding of customary state practice, and lacking empathy and essential humanity. It has cut its portrait as a party of mindless political dregs, a dump of Nigeria’s internally displaced politicians, ready to do or say anything in the chase of attention but sinking itself deeper in the quicksand of ignominy.
“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.
APC stated; “The party’s reference to heartfelt gestures and activities of the government in honour of the 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.”
Further buttressing their earlier tribute read by Tinubu, the APC maintained that Buhari led a life of illustrious service to country as a soldier, military Head of State, and a two-term democratically elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The party stated that Buhari was also just a human being, a father, survived by a loving but grieving family worthy of Nigerians’ collective empathy and support at this difficult time.
It added; “President Bola Tinubu showed compassion and a deep sense of loss of a friend, close political associate and predecessor. He demonstrated patriotism and leadership by overseeing and participating in honouring the late President who gave so much to our dear nation.
“Nigerians must remain wary of the ADC and its band of political marauders prowling for power with nothing to offer Nigerians except peddling falsehood and vilifying a President who is hard at work for the transformation and progress of our nation.”
