The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised the All
Progressives Congress (APC) over the division which characterised its state
congresses.
Several APC state chapters held parallel congresses and
produced two sets of executives on Saturday.
Commenting on the development, the opposition party said the
“crisis-ridden” congresses “explain why Nigeria is in conflict”.
Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP national publicity secretary, on
Sunday, described the APC congresses as a “harvest of confusion”.
The statement reads: “Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has
noted that the crisis in 20 state chapters of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), where parallel congresses were held on Saturday to elect state officers
of the party, is a clear signal for reasons why our nation is in a disaster.
“The fractious congresses of the APC have shown how greed
and lust for power by the APC leaders has created crisis in all facets of our
national life.
“It is indeed despicable that a party that has the incumbent
President of the country could not successfully conduct state congress, as
their leaders were seen behaving recklessly and investing heavily in violence;
a development that speaks volumes on why our nation has been under the heavy
yoke of violence, division, bloodletting and acts of terrorism under the APC
watch.
“The outcome of APC
congresses in many of the states has shown that it is a party that lacks
leadership direction and internal cohesion; a party of unruly people, who are
averse to peace, which explains why our country is reeling in crisis under the
APC.
“The APC cannot guarantee or give unity, tranquility and
progress to our nation. Instead, it has continued to worsen the tension in the
country. It has continued to show itself as a party that is troubled from
within and only waiting to implode at any time.
“Nigerians should be wary of the APC. If the APC congresses
turned out this bad, one can only imagine the type of mayhem that would
characterize its primaries as well as their involvement in the general
election.
“The APC state congresses present an unprecedented scenario
in the history of our nation, where a party which produced the incumbent
President, will have its ranks so torn down in shameful spectacle.
“Nigerians should make a correct interpretation of the
signal sent out by APC congresses, which is that the ruling party is a mere
contraption and an inchoate body of desperate elements. Such a party cannot
organise for the genuine development of the country.
“Moreover, our party, the PDP is not however unaware of the
efforts by the APC to inject crisis into our congresses but we commend the deft
handling of issues in all our congresses to avert a crisis situation plotted by
the APC.”
The PDP asked Nigerians to reject APC in 2023, saying the
party is a “conflict-provoking, and troubled political special purpose
vehicle”.
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