The ruling All Progressives
Congress, APC, has said the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, was good
for just annulling elections.
The APC said this in reaction to
the call on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to annul
results of the party’s national convention held last weekend.
In a statement by its National
Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the APC said: “We imagine the utter
shock and disappointment the dying opposition Party must have felt to see that
their prediction of collapse for our Party ahead of the Convention did not come
to pass. Unable to recover from the shock, they now indulge in ignorant
whimper, calling on INEC to help them do what they are best at doing; annulling
elections.
“It is quite distressing to see
that a Party that held power for 16 years did not know that INEC has no role in
internal elections of a political party. We also wonder which position the PDP
contested for at our Convention which entitles them to take it upon themselves
to challenge the process.
“If the PDP now sees itself as an
interested party in our internal elections, we would encourage them to send
their petitions to the Convention Appeals Committee of our party. We however do
not expect them to understand this process of internal democracy.
“It is clear to everyone that
having been kicked out of power, the PDP still has no idea what to do three
years after. However, playing the busybody and so openly advertising their
ignorance of basic electoral rules will make it even more difficult for
Nigerians to grant them the forgiveness that they have begged for.
“What is PDP’s grouse? That INEC
should not recognize the new APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole,
as his affirmation, according to the PDP in violation of democratic
requirements of direct voting by delegates.
“Our election guidelines provides
that all Party posts prescribed by the Party constitution can be filled by
democratically conducted elections or by Consensus, provided that where a
candidate has emerged by Consensus for an elective position, a vote of “Yes” or
“No” is called to ensure that it was not an imposition. This was clearly
adhered to in many positions, including the National Chairmanship position
which was unopposed.
“But we understand PDP’s problem.
They are terrified by Comrade Adams Oshiomole. They know that with him they
will no longer have a breathing space. Hence the baseless allegations peddling
and conspiracy theory which we are now accustomed to as part of PDP’s sorry
attempt to play ‘opposition politics’.
“It is indeed ridiculous that a
Party whose Convention was a bazaar where delegates were bought and sold with
dollars could brazenly allege corruption against our Party. They should go
ahead and show which governors contributed the amount being alleged to the
convention. We have dealt with the issue of membership contributions in an
earlier statement.
“We however ask this “new
anti-corruption crusaders” to start with the basic task of producing audited
accounts. Till today, APC remains the only political party in the country to
have done so. Nigerians know that PDP talking about corruption is like
prostitutes preaching sexual morality. They dont take them seriously.”
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