Newly elected national publicity secretary for the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan, has fired back at the ruling All Progressive
Congress (APC), saying the party has not only lost control, but clutching on straws for survival having been outrightly rejected by Nigerians.
In what would be his first statement since he was sworn into office about 24 hours
ago, the PDP spokesman was reacting to a statement credited to his counterpart
at the APC, Malam Bolaji Abdulahi, which was criticising the conduct of the elective
National Convention of the PDP.
Below is the full text of the statement by the PDP spokesman:
Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the spokesman of the
All Progressive Congress (APC) Malam Bolaji Abdulahi, wherein he criticized the
conduct of the elective National Convention of our great party, the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
It is indeed laughable that the APC which has roundly failed in not only
managing the affairs of the country but also its own internal issues would
recourse to panic mode just because the PDP has succeeded in uniting its fronts
by conducting of a very credible elective National Convention.
We were very much aware of the plots by the APC to scuttle the convention
and failing it has resorted to a failed attempt to discredit an elective
convention that has been adjudged as creditable, novel and laudable by
political stakeholders and lovers of democracy across the nation.
This unwarranted attack is only symptomatic of a party that has lost control
and only clutching on straws for survival having been outrightly rejected by
Nigerians.
Is it not disgusting, reprehensible and embarrassing that the APC that has
repeatedly failed to hold meetings, congresses and convention in the last three
years and has flagrantly continued to violate its own constitution is
questioning our party’s rights to perform her legitimate and constitutional
obligation?
Perhaps APC leaders have never read Article 25 (A)(i) of their party’s
Constitution which stipulates that “the National Convention of the party (APC)
shall be held once in two years at a date, venue and time to be recommended by
the National Working Committee (NWC) and approved by the National Executive
Committee (NEC) subject to the giving of the statutory notices to the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and at least 14 days notice
given to members eligible to attend.”
Which impunity could be higher than APC violating its constitution? It is
strange that APC could be moralizing on the principles of social justice
whereas its actions against Nigerians are a complete departure from the norms.
It is important for this spokesman of a failed party and his pack of
incompetent members to reminisce on the needless pains and suffering they have
inflicted on Nigerians rather than being jittery over the successful outcome of
the PDP’s elective national convention.
Nigerians have come to discover that APC is a fraud, an organization of
deceitful characters who have failed to keep a single of its countless promises
made to the citizens.
It is no longer news that the nation is drifting under APC and the PDP has
come to the rescue. We must therefore remind the APC that the era of deceit,
trickery and scaremongering, which has been the hallmarks of their government,
is gone and Nigerians are just waiting to kick them out come 2019.
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