The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the newly inaugurated Senator Iyiochia Ayu-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying that it would be no different from its failed leaderships in the past.
National Secretary of the APC, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, said this in a statement titled, ‘APC: Loot Recovery, Viable Opposition, The Tasks before Ayu-Led PDP,’ in Abuja on Saturday.
According to Akpanudoedehe, the newly-inaugurated leadership of the opposition party has shown early signs that it is not different from the immediate-past and sacked leadership of the failed opposition party.
He added that going by the utterances and direction of the new PDP leadership, any hope of a refocused opposition party expected to atone for misdeeds on the country when it was in government for 16 years and as a failed opposition party following PDP’s sack in 2015 have now been quickly dashed.
He said, “Clearly, the PDP’s sole intent is power grabbing by any means, ignoring the need for genuine restitution, return of stolen public funds and assets still in possession of politically exposed persons during its 16-year administration and ultimately providing a truly viable and credible opposition our democracy needs to thrive.
“The PDP’s new leadership must prove to Nigerians that it is willing and ready to discard its penchant for impunity by submitting to the new democratic environment entrenched by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government where votes count and the will of the people prevails in all electoral contests.
“This is the task before the new Senator Iyorchia Ayu-led PDP. Not empty and tired rhetorics of 2023 handover notes.
“The sit-tight syndrome headlined by the PDP’s ill-fated third-term agenda has been discarded as an undemocratic template. President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians and the international community of free and fair elections in 2023, even as he pledged peaceful transfer of power. That is the stuff of true progressives and statesmanship.”
