Stop Behaving As A Crying Baby, Face Hard Reality Of Being Opposition Party – APC To PDP

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticized the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for behaving as “a crying baby” and called on the party to face the “cold, hard reality that its fortunes have since plummeted” and that it is now in opposition.

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the APC national publicity secretary made a statement on April 22 in Abuja, the Punch reports.

According to the APC, the fact that the PDP devoted a substantial part of the communique, issued after the inaugural meeting of the its National Working Committee and Governors/Senators-elect, complaining about alleged harassment and intimidation by the APC, showed that the ruling party still did not understand the challenges awaiting it as an opposition party.

“We don’t blame them as they have neither the capacity nor the commitment to be in opposition. A party that stood for nothing but looting and rent collection will naturally be afraid of being in opposition, where there is nothing to loot or rent to collect,” the statement read.

The APC advised the PDP to understand that an opposition party could be effective only “by being creative, knowledgeable, resourceful and above all credible.”

“This is why we wish to extend to the National Working Committee of the PDP a free orientation, just as we have offered the party’s spokesman a free crash course on how to be an opposition party
spokesman. The theme of the orientation for the PDP NWC members will be ‘transitting from the ruling party to an opposition party’.

“In the first instance, there is no substitute for experience. Also, we believe that democracy will be deepened only when there is cooperation between the governing party and the opposition, hence the offer,” the party said.

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The APC strongly criticized the PDP for daring to complain of harassment and intimidation by the APC, stressing if any party was guilty of harassment, intimidation and impunity before, during and after the 2015 general elections, it was the PDP.

“Have they so soon forgotten the reckless show of shame by their OPC lackeys with the full support of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos or the mindless bombings and killings of APC members in Rivers and Gombe states, among others? Only on Monday, APC supporters were again reportedly killed in Rivers and Kaduna states.

“Haven’t the folks in the PDP seen the pictures being circulated of their (PDP) supporters brandishing machetes in broad daylight during the party’s campaign in Aba on Tuesday (April 21)?”

Mohammed described as laughable the allegation by the PDP that the APC was trying to turn the country into a one-party state.

On April 17 the APC issued the statement where the party denied allegations by the PDP’s spokesperson, Chief Olisa Metuh, that it was planning to destabilise the PDP. Mohammed described the claim by the PDP as ludicrous, adding that Metuh needed training to be able to carry out his new role.

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