BY EVELYN DADU, ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday said that it stands by its earlier assertion that the All Progressives Congress (APC), is behind the burning of offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in various parts of the country.
The PDP restated its position that the APC has been promoting acts of violence including burning of INEC offices in other to build up an emergency situation and frustrate the smooth conduct of the 2023 general elections.
The party said that it is despicable that having realized that it has no place in the 2023 election, given its abysmal failure in governance, APC leaders are seeking to set the country ablaze and truncate its hard-earned democracy.
The PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan therefore urged Nigerians to note the failure of the APC and its leaders to forcefully condemn the clear assault on the nation’s frontline institution of democracy.
According to the PDP: This is also as the APC administration has failed to take decisive steps to protect INEC facilities from assailants.
“Our party wants the APC to know that May 29, 2023 date is sacrosanct for it to leave office, free our nation from its stranglehold and fizzle out from our political firmament.
“Indeed, history will not be kind to APC and its leaders given the magnitude of atrocities they have committed against Nigerians in a space of six years.
“The APC has destroyed our nation, opened our dear fatherland to bandits and terrorists, turned our nation into an expansive killing field and a large funeral palour.
“APC has wrecked our economy, opened our national vaults to its leaders to pillage over N15 trillion naira and reduced our once thriving country to a beggar nation while mortgaging our future with humongous foreign debts,” the PDP said.
The party therefore called on the Inspector General of Police to immediately invite and question APC leaders over the burning of INEC offices.
It said that Nigerians also expect the police to immediately place APC leaders and their thugs on watch list as a firm step to guarantee the security of INEC facilities and other institutions of democracy in the country.
The PDP also called on Nigerians, across board, to remain at alert and unite in prayers so that the nation survives the next two years under the “vindictive, insensitive, incompetent, treasury looting, divisive and violent” APC and its administration.
The party further urged Nigerians not to be deterred by the actions of the APC but to remain united in rallying in the defense of the democracy to rescue the nation from the misrule of the APC.
