The All Progressives Congress, the APC, has hailed the reported suspension of the Peoples Democratic Party rally scheduled for Adamawa State on Tuesday, in line with the prevailing mood of the nation, especially following the abduction of over 200 school children in Borno State.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, , the party called the suspension “the right decision to take,” under the circumstances.
It said the suspension of the rally has shown that President Goodluck Jonathan is beginning to listen to the voices of his compatriots on
important national issues.
''As we said in a statement we issued on April 24th, (that) it smacks of insensitivity, inhumanity, and indecency, for our President and other leaders, to be engaged in any celebratory venture, when we do not yet know the fate of the school girls who were abducted from their school, and taken to an unknown destination,” the statement read in part.
''We also said, the President should not repeat the same mistake he made by flying to Kano to dance at a political rally, even as the smoke
was yet to clear from the scene of the Nyanya bus park bombing. We are delighted that good sense has prevailed this time,'' the APC statement also said.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed said that while the President does not have to shut down the government, he must continue to shun all celebratory public outings,
until all the school girls have been safely reunited with their
families.
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