The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has joined other Nigerians in mourning the victims of Saturday’s tragic petrol tanker explosion at Dikko junction, along Dikko-Maje Minna Road in Niger State.
No fewer than 86 persons died while scooping fuel from the fallen petrol bearing tanker.
In a statement on Monday by the spokesman for the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, the party said the disaster has added to the ugly wave of tragic occurrences that have befallen the nation.
The PDP attributed the explosion 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.”
Slamming the ruling party further, the PDP said, “It is indeed disheartening that Nigerians especially our youths and bread winners of homes continue to die on the highways and bear ugly scars as victims of the unspeakable misgovernace of the APC.”
It called on the Federal Government not to stop only at investigating the remote and immediate causes of the tragedy and similar ones in the recent time, but to also 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-ocurrence of such tragic incidents in the country.
“The PDP however commends the efforts and courage of the police, firefighters, the Federal Road Safety Corps and other agencies and patriotic Nigerians who helped to control the fire and rescued some of the victims.
“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.”
