Stampedes testament to alarming poverty, hunger under corrupt, insensitive Tinubu govt – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blamed the recent stampedes in some parts of the country on the level of hunger, starvation and hopelessness under the current “corrupt” and “insensitive” administration of President Bola Tinubu.

Last week, over 35 people who are mostly children, died in a stampede at a funfair in Ibadan, Oyo State.

On Saturday, two stampede incidents also occurred in Ojika, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra and Maitama in Abuja, during the distribution of rice and other palliative materials.

In a statement on Sunday, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP spokesperson, said it is heartbreaking to see Nigerians die struggling for food, despite the country’s abundant resources.

“The PDP describes the widespread food stampede in the country as an ugly testament to the alarming level of misery, poverty, hunger, starvation, and sense of hopelessness and desperation for survival currently plaguing our nation under the overtly insensitive, corrupt, and rudderless Tinubu-led government,” the statement reads.

“It is heartbreaking that despite our abundant resources as a nation, Nigerians have been subjected to an agonising life where they die struggling for food.”

Ologunagba accused the Tinubu-led administration of disregarding human life, noting that the federal government could have introduced intervention programmes to ease the suffering of the masses.

He said Nigerians should hold the federal government responsible for the incidents.

“The PDP calls on Nigerians to hold the Tinubu-led APC administration responsible for the remote cause of these tragic occurrences for which it must recompense,” he said.

“For the umpteenth time, the PDP demands the immediate review of all the suffocating economic and tax policies of the APC administration, which are bringing misery and death to Nigerians daily.

“PDP condoled with Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, and the families of the deceased while commending him for his swift response to the incident.”