The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the claim of the All Progressive Congress (APC) that President Muhammadu Buhari is making progress in the fight against insecurity in the country.
The ruling party had on Sunday said its administration headed by Mr Buhari was tackling insecurity bedeviling the nation and has recorded progress by retaking Nigerian territories lost to Boko Haram terrorists before the president took the oath of office in 2015.
The claim of the APC came despite the president announcing that he was surprised at the rising insecurity and the continued existence of the terror group.
But faulting the ruling party, the opposition party accused it of misleading Nigerians and challenged the party to provide evidence that it was winning the war against insecurity.
“The APC are just misleading Nigerians and doing mere propaganda with their incredible claims. What is happening today is the worst we have ever experienced as a country,” Kola Ologbondiyan, the national publicity secretary of the PDP said in a statement on Monday.
“Nigerians are being abducted and beheaded in their own country. For us, this is the worst it can be. We have never had it this bad. “So, when they say the President is winning the war against insecurity, we would like them to provide an evidence-based response devoid of falsehood and propaganda.
“It will interest Nigerians to know that when PDP handed over power to the APC in 2015, no local government was under the control of Boko Haram. “Our government succeeded in chasing the terrorists to the fringes of Sambisa forest and was on the verge of pushing them out completely when we handed over.
“Today, every part of the country is under threat of men who behead for fun; a novelty hitherto unheard of in our country. So if they say they are winning the war, help us ask them this simple question: which war?” the opposition party said.
