The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has reviewed the outcome of Tuesday’s National Executive Committee (NEC)
meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and surmised that the ruling
party has finally collapsed.
The PDP also noted that the confusion, impunity and lawlessness
in the APC has further exposed the failure of the Buhari-led Presidency, adding
that this accounts for its rejection by Nigerians ahead of the 2019 polls.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on
Wednesday said the APC has ultimately lost its soul and can no longer be
reckoned with as a political party, having been hijacked by the Presidency
cabal.
The party alleged that the Cabal in the Presidency has
overthrown its constitution, suppressed dissenting voices and now imposing a
dictatorial regime within its ranks, reminiscent of a military coup.
The PDP said the development in the APC has further exposed the
desperation by the Buhari Presidency to seize the political space, even within
their party.
Nigerians watched with rude shock as President Muhammadu Buhari,
the African Union anti-corruption champion, directly superintended over the
worst kind of corruption in a political party by overthrowing its constitution
and democratic processes, all in the bid to shut out other contenders in the
Presidential race, a development which further confirms that the President has
lost popularity even in his own party.
We invite all to note that whereas, the APC constitution
provides for a four year tenure for officials of its organs and enshrined a
re-election or reappointment at the expiration of the said tenure, the Buhari
Presidency muzzled the APC NEC and imposed an illegal one year tenure extension
for the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee, a fiat that is
not provided for in the party’s constitution.
The APC is so dysfunctional that under the grip of the
Presidency cabal, the party in contravention of its own constitution does not
have a Board of Trustees (BOT), which explains the reason it lacks conscience
and failed completely in delivering good governance to the nation.
Worst still, while its constitution provides for quarterly NEC
meetings, the party has only held five since its formation in 2014.
From the outcome of the Tuesday’s APC NEC meeting, it is clear
that the party has finally collapsed, lost all democratic credentials and can
no longer provide level playing ground for its members or even other Nigerians
to freely aspire for any position of their choice, particularly, the
Presidency, Governorship and National Assembly positions in the 2019 general
elections.
It is now certain that the APC is no longer a credible platform
but an appropriated one, where only those anointed by the Presidency cabal can
have the opportunity to aspire for any position within its ranks. The APC has
been seized and is irredeemably damaged ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Furthermore, the confusion and lawlessness that were the
hallmarks of the outcome of the APC caucus and NEC meeting signpost the
failures inherent in the incompetent, blundering and corrupt Buhari-led
administration which has brought so much hardship and violence to our dear
nation.
This gives a strong insight into why the APC government was not
able to adequately aggregate the issues, assemble the right economic team and
muster the desired expertise, with appropriate programs and policies to run the
much desired productive government in almost three years.
We therefore urge all Nigerians of good faith still in the APC
to note that their platform has lost it all and as such take the bold steps to
save our nation’s democracy.
On our own part, the repositioned and rebranded PDP remains open
as the only credible platform for the much desired new national political
engagement where all Nigerians can freely and democratically aspire to any
position of their choice, be it the highest in the country without any let or
hinderance.
The PDP therefore calls on the APC to note its self-inflicted
doom and be ready to accept the inevitable defeat come 2019.
Signed:
Kola Ologbondiyan
National Publicity Secretary
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