Published December 11, 2020
John Alechenu , Abuja
The Peoples Democratic Party on Friday said , the All Progressives Congress suspended its planned membership registration exercise because even its members were now ashamed to be associated with the failure and deceit which the APC brand now represents .
This was contained in a statement titled , “ PDP Mocks APC Over Botched Membership Drive, ” signed by its National Publicity Secretary , Kola Ologbondiyan , in Abuja .
The PDP statement read in part , “ The APC abandoned its much hyped membership drive because Nigerians did not show any interest in the exercise following the manifest failure of the APC and President Muhammadu Buhari.
“ This is reinforced by the fact that the APC has become defunct and can no longer engage in legitimate political activities given the collapse of its structures across the federation .
“ The APC has already gone down in history as a jinxed party that is synonymous to failure, deceit , falsehood , lies, lawlessness, treasury looting , poverty and hardship , sympathy for terrorists and bandits , mortgaging of our national sovereignty , among other vices , which makes it impossible for any well -meaning Nigerian to seek to identify with it .
“ Given their impunity and arrogance , nobody wants to join the APC which has become a derelict pirate ship , stranded and doomed in rough waters and only waiting for its final descent into political abyss .”
Ologbondiyan further said , “ By abandoning the membership drive, the Governor Bala Mai Buni -led illegal APC national caretaker committee has come to its wits end , having realized that Nigerians , and even their members do not have confidence in his committee or the fizzling party .
“ Already , the few well -meaning Nigerians in the APC have become weary of identifying with a failed party.
“ While the APC awaits its final descent , Nigerians expect President Buhari to commence steps to recover the over N 14 trillion stolen by APC leaders , including the N 9. 6 trillion detailed in the leaked NNPC memo , the over N 3 trillion oil revenue scam among others . ”
The PDP further urged Nigerians to remain calm and continue to rally on our platform in their collective determination to salvage and reposition our dear nation from the misrule of the APC .
When contacted the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the APC Yekini Nabena said, “ The PDP is already jittery that their members including several governors are preparing to join us, this explains why instead of putting their house in order , they are bothered about the internal affairs of the APC .
“ When last did the PDP conduct a registration and revalidation exercise ? They should watch and see when the exercise takes off fully in January. ”