Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday hit back at the All Progressive Congress (APC) , insisting that by asking President Goodluck Jonathan to join its fold, the opposition has admitted that it has no presidential material in its fold.
The PDP said the leadership crisis rocking the opposition party just a few days after registration is an indication that the APC is a party of desperate power mongers whose only aim is to satisfy their egocentric interests.
The ruling party in a statement signed by its Acting National Publicity Secretary, Barr Tony Caesar Okeke said the APC has confirmed to Nigerians that it does not believe in the leadership abilities of its prominent leaders, General Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. This confirmation reinforces our earlier assertion that the duo are despots lacking in democratic credentials.
It said the call has betrayed the opposition as a clueless party in dire need of leadership and ideology and as such seeks to tap from the PDP.
“The attention of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to the call by proponents of the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) to President Goodluck Jonathan to join their fold. By so doing, the APC has clearly admitted that it has looked within itself and discovered the bitter truth that it has no presidential material.
“By calling President Goodluck Jonathan to join it, the APC has shown that it has no confidence in the leadership abilities of its prominent leaders such as General Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The party has looked inwards and has realized the bitter truth that none of those in its fold has the required credentials, charisma and competence to be president hence they have been seeking to poach from the PDP.
“The APC has clearly vindicated the PDP by openly showing that it is a confused and clueless party, lacking in ideology and in dire need of leadership. It is only a gathering of confused persons that will at one moment falsely condemn somebody as inept and incompetent and the next moment they are begging the same person to come and join them.
“Also of particular interest is the statement credited to General Buhari who was reported to have said that the APC will push out the PDP in 2015. General Buhari as a respected military leader should be reminded that in a democracy, the power to vote out a party lies only with the people. Buhari has severally been rejected by the people at the polls and he and his new party will still witness another round of such verdict in 2015’, the party said.
The PDP also took stock of the crisis in the ranks of the APC in the states where “everybody is arrogating leadership positions to themselves” and submitted that the opposition has shown that it lacks the ability to enforce internal democracy and discipline. It said such is a signal of the form of chaos to be experienced if the party is elected into office at any level.
The PDP wondered why the APC interim national leadership is reading a riot act to those who arrogated themselves leadership position in the states noting that “they must have learnt such undemocratic and dictatorial attitudes from their national leaders such as Tinubu and Buhari”.