Despite the euphoria trailing the restoration of the Ahmed Makarfi-leadership
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Congress
(APC) has described the opposition party as a badly-damaged brand.
It also cautioned against opposition party members gloating over the state of health of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The APC urged Nigerians to hold it accountable for its promise as
contained in its manifesto, but appealed for fairness because “a
manifesto is not a four-year programme”.
In a statement by National Publicity Secretary Bolaji Abdullahi, the
party condemned what it described as the penchant of members of the PDP
to mock Buhari over his condition of health.
“It is un-African, if not ungodly, to continue to taunt a man and
even challenge him to a fight at his moment of weakness,” the APC said.
Reacting to the boast by the PDP to take back power in 2019 Abdullahi
said it was obvious that If the PDP had fully implemented its manifesto
in the 16 years that it was in power, Nigerians would not have been
attracted to the APC’s promise of change in 2015, because there would
have been little left to promise.
The statement reads: “In recent past, the PDP brand of opposition
politics had been characterized mainly by allegation mongering and open
incitements of separatist agitations across the country.
It appears
however that the outcome of Wednesday ruling is beginning to set them on
a different course. We are therefore delighted that the PDP is
beginning to talk about holding the APC accountable for the promises in
our manifesto.
“We want Nigerians, not just the PDP, to hold us accountable for
every promise contained in our manifesto. We only urge them to be fair. A
manifesto is not a four-year programme.
If PDP had fully implemented
its manifesto in the 16 years that it was in power, Nigerians would not
have been attracted to the APC promise of change in 2015, because there
would have been little left to promise.”
“These few good men and women left in the PDP would do well to listen
to ex-stalwarts of the party like the former Akwa Ibom governor, Obong
Victor Attah who has advised that the party needs an urgent change of
name because the PDP brand is already damaged beyond repair.
“But Nigerians know that even with a change of name, it is not the
cowl that makes the monk.
Therefore, like Attah asked, “Now that they
have resolved their crisis, what is left of the PDP?”
Senator Makarfi
and his supporters should take a break from their victory dance to
attend to this question.”
He also said the media report quoted the un-namable minister as
comparing the PDP and the APC to a tale of two wives, saying that
Nigerians have tried the two and had seen who was better.
He said: “We find this metaphor quite interesting. We need to point
out however that APC is the new wife that is busy working at the kitchen
that has been looted empty by the former wife who had made away with
the entire foodstuff and even the kitchen utensils. Nigerians know this.
“If the food is a little late in coming, they understand the
circumstance. But if that other thieving wife now begins to argue that
she was a better cook and should be brought back into the kitchen
because the new wife is a slow cook, then that should pass for
hypocrisy.
“No matter the temporary hardship that we may be experiencing,
Nigerians know better than to bring PDP back to power so soon for fear
that this time, they might disappear with the kitchen itself.
“We also note with regret, PDP’s penchant to mock President Muhammadu
Buhari with his health situation. We admit that the health of a
president is every citizen’s business.
However, it is un-African, if not
ungodly, to continue to taunt a man and even challenge him to a fight
at his moment of weakness.
“We have seen in the last few days, some members of the PDP who have
boasted to defeat President Buhari in 2019. We urge Nigerians to Google
the names of these individuals and see what comes up.
It is however
understandable, even if not acceptable, that when the lion is enfeebled,
even a rabbit would grow the temerity to tweak its tail.
“We urge Nigerians to remain resolute in support of the APC and
President Muhammadu Buhari. We are confident that whatever difficulty
we are going through at the moment is only a passing phase.”
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