{"id":438742,"date":"2011-06-09T12:23:03","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T12:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/09\/acn-seeks-probe-into-ilorin-stampede\/"},"modified":"2011-06-09T12:23:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T12:23:03","slug":"acn-seeks-probe-into-ilorin-stampede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/09\/acn-seeks-probe-into-ilorin-stampede\/","title":{"rendered":"ACN seeks probe into Ilorin stampede"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has called on the appropriate authorities to urgently institute a probe into the May 27th mass deaths at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP campaign office in Kwara, as part of measures to prevent a recurrence of such tragedy.<\/p>\n

National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, while commenting on the issue said the inquiry would unravel the causes of the tragedy, determine whether or not it could have been avoided as well as those who contributed to it.<\/p>\n

According to the party, the probe was necessary following the claim by the Kwara State government that only two people died, and argued that the fatalities exceeded 70.<\/p>\n

ACN stated: \u201dSince the stampede in which the innocent souls perished was not the first of its kind in the state, it is necessary to find the root causes of such a senseless wastage of precious lives. If the death of over 30 people at the same venue last year, around the time of Eid-el-Kabir festival, had been properly investigated, this year\u2019s deaths could have been avoided,\u201d ACN said.<\/p>\n

The party expressed shock at the dismissive attitude with which the state government has treated the issue, saying the untimely death of even one person should be of great concern to any government that is worth its salt, since the welfare and security of citizens are the \u2018raison d\u2019etre\u2019 of any government.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe reason over 70 innocent people were crushed to death in a stampede for handouts of cash and clothes cannot be unconnected with the mass poverty in Kwara, where the PDP government in the state has over the years impoverished the people with poor governance and the utter neglect of issues that can ensure better life for the masses.<\/p>\n

\u201dOnly such crass poverty, which has been the lot of Kwarans under the PDP, can explain why hundreds of people will throng the so-called \u2018Mandate House\u2019 campaign office of the PDP for a mere pittance and cheap clothes. It is clear that the Abdulfatah Ahmed\u2019s administration will be a continuation of the do-nothing Saraki government.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe therefore called on the people of the state to work towards employing all democratic means to lift the yoke on their heads and put in place a government that will meet their yearnings and stop them from being reduced to pan-handlers,\u201d ACN said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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