{"id":170218,"date":"2025-07-19T20:50:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T19:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/apc-criticizes-adc-for-insensitive-buhari-burial-remarks"},"modified":"2025-07-19T22:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T21:01:36","slug":"apc-criticizes-adc-for-insensitive-buhari-burial-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-criticizes-adc-for-insensitive-buhari-burial-remarks","title":{"rendered":"APC Criticizes ADC for Insensitive Buhari Burial Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned the African Democratic Congress, ADC, over its recent criticism of the state burial given to the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n

In a statement released on Saturday by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, he described ADC\u2019s reaction as \u201cinsensitive,\u201d \u201cunacceptable,\u201d and \u201cpolitically motivated.\u201d<\/p>\n

APC accused the opposition party of attempting to exploit a national moment of grief for political gain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe party\u2019s criticism of the dignified state burial accorded the late President is as spooky as it is unconscionable,\u201d Morka said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ADC has once again shown itself to lack empathy and understanding of customary state practices.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the statement, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu acted appropriately by honouring his predecessor with a state burial and by supporting the grieving Buhari family.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat would the ADC have had President Tinubu do?\u201d Morka asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeny the late President Buhari the honour of a befitting state burial? Withhold empathy and support for the bereaved former First Family? As a party that can begrudge the dead, the ADC must surely disdain the living.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morka further stated that ADC\u2019s labelling of official tributes and state gestures as \u201cpolitical exploitation\u201d was unjustifiable and dishonourable, particularly during a period of national mourning.<\/p>\n

He also emphasised President Buhari\u2019s legacy as a former military Head of State, a democratically elected two-term President, and a devoted public servant.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Tinubu demonstrated compassion, patriotism, and leadership by overseeing and participating in the funeral rites of a man who gave so much to our dear nation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He further called on Nigerians to reject what he described as \u201cthe ADC\u2019s brand of desperate opposition politics\u201d and to remain focused on national unity and development.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned the African Democratic Congress, ADC, over its recent criticism of the state burial given to the late former President Muhammadu Buhari. 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