{"id":93457,"date":"2022-03-31T19:55:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T18:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93457"},"modified":"2022-03-31T19:55:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T18:55:19","slug":"terrorism-nigeria-being-cut-off-physically-by-terrorists-ayu-laments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/terrorism-nigeria-being-cut-off-physically-by-terrorists-ayu-laments\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorism: Nigeria being cut off physically by terrorists, Ayu laments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1728839521187294350\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8230; says PDP will re-unite Nigeria, end carnage<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)\u00a0Dr. Iyorchia Ayu\u00a0has lamented that insecurity in Nigeria is taking heavy toll on Nigerians and that it is\u00a0being cut off physically by terrorists.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The PDP chairman however pledged that the incoming government under the party will rescue the country, re-unite the people and put an end to the carnage going on in the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ayu made the declaration Thursday at Zaki-Biam, Ukum Local Government Area of Benue state, during the burial of a Speaker of the House of Representatives in Second Republic, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Akaai Chaha.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He regretted the collapse of security in the country, and the attendant bloodshed, saying Nigeria has never had it so bad.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to Ayu, &#8220;The task before a new PDP Federal Government will be to re-unite the people, put an end to the incessant bloodshed and restart the development of the country.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking further in his funeral oration, the former senate president said it was shameful that Nigeria was being cut off physically from the centre by terrorists.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">His words: &#8220;It&#8217;s a shame that Nigeria is being cut off physically by terrorists. Nigerians can&#8217;t travel by road. They can&#8217;t travel by rail. And they can&#8217;t travel by air, either. Our airports are now prime targets.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;PDP must return peace and security to this country. There is too much carnage under the current administration. The new PDP government will do everything possible to make this carnage stops.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He described the late elder statesman as a &#8220;mentor, torch-bearer and shining star&#8221; who believed in unity and the politics of development.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ayu went on: &#8220;He was a teacher and\u00a0 torchbearer who mentored many. And in politics, he was a shining-light who opened the door for the younger generations of Tiv elite.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;He inspired us to look up, to dream big and today, we too have become leaders. 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