PDP Flays Killings of Students In Yobe

SAN FRANCISCO, July 08, (THEWILL) - The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed shock over the killing of 28 students and a teacher at the Government Secondary School in Mamudo, Yobe State by unknown gunmen, describing it as "monstrous and horrible."

A statement issued on Monday by PDP acting National Publicity Secretary, Barrister Tony Caesar Okeke, said the killing of the innocent children is a direct effrontery to God and the height of wickedness only fit for the devil.

"The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) received the news of the killing of 28 students and a teacher at Government Secondary School Mamudo in Yobe State with shock. The gruesome killing of these innocent ones is indeed monstrous, horrible and the height of wickedness only fit for the devil," the statement said.

The PDP, which said the killing was a sacrilege to God and humanity, stressed that there is no way the perpetrators will get away with the crime as "all forces of nature will collaborate to bring them to book."

Insisting that no person has the right to take the life of another under any guise, the ruling party charged security forces to rise up to the occasion and ensure that the killers and their supporters are tracked down and made to face the wrath of the law.

PDP also commiserated with the families of the slain students and their teacher as well as the Government and people of Yobe State, praying God to give the bereaved families the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.