Niger explosion: PDP mourns victims, seeks thorough investigation
The Peoples Democratic Party, while expressing sadness over the devastating tanker explosion, which rocked Dikko, Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State, leaving 98 and injuring many, asked the federal government to conduct a thorough investigation to avert future occurrence.
The Informant247 gathered through the Director-General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Abdullahi Baba-Arah, in a statement on Monday that 98 persons have so far lost their lives, 69 persons were injured, and over 20 shops were destroyed in the incident.
However, in a statement on Monday, PDP National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba urged the Federal Government to move beyond mere rhetoric and implement effective measures to ensure safer roads, preventing the recurrence of such tragic incidents in the country.
He stated, “This recent disaster adds to the ugly wave of tragic occurrences that have befallen our dear nation due to the deplorable state of infrastructure and disorienting economic hardship occasioned by the gross neglect of the wellbeing of the citizens since the inception of the APC in government.
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“It is indeed disheartening that Nigerians, especially our youths and breadwinners of homes, continue to die on the highways and bear ugly scars as victims of the unspeakable misgovernance of the APC.
“Our party calls on the Federal Government not to stop only at investigating the remote and immediate causes of this and similar incidents in recent times but, most importantly, take immediate steps to address the situation that led to the sad occurrences.
“The Federal Government should end its resort to lip service and take steps to put adequate measures to ensure safer roads so as to prevent the re-occurrence of such tragic incidents in the country.”
The PDP also praised the bravery and efforts of the police, firefighters, the Federal Road Safety Corps, other agencies, and patriotic Nigerians who assisted in controlling the fire and rescuing some of the victims.
It continued, “The PDP commiserates with the families of the victims, the Government and people of Niger State and prays to God to grant speedy recovery to the injured and fortitude to the families of the deceased at this trying time.”
Source: PUNCH
