After 48hrs, APC Congratulates New PDP National Chairman

Two days after Uche Secondus emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has finally conveyed its congratulatory message.

The message follows an initial message stating that the exercise exposed the opposition party as a platform with corruption in its DNA.

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“The abnormalities that trailed the PDP National Convention have further exposed the PDP as a Party not ready and willing to change,” the ruling party said through its spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi.

“Indeed, the PDP has once again displayed itself to the generality of Nigerians that it is a Party with corruption deeply rooted in its DNA.”

The PDP, in a swift reaction by its National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, said “Nigerians have come to discover that APC is a fraud, an organization of deceitful characters who have failed to keep a single of its countless promises made to the citizens.”

But the national chairman of APC, John Odigie-Oyegun, in a fresh statement, said the ruling party “wholeheartedly welcome” opposition and hoped Mr. Secondus would use his “experience garnered over the years to ensure that the PDP assumes its role as a responsible opposition Party in the country.

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“Our Party wholeheartedly welcome opposition because we believe that democracy cannot thrive without a vibrant but responsible opposition that puts the nation first.

“This will often challenge you to balance partisan interests with overall national considerations.”

Mr. Oyegun-Odigie expressed his willingness to engage Mr. Secondus “robustly in an atmosphere devoid of acrimony and rancour”, adding that he “believes that working together we can both elevate the language and temper of politics in our country, thereby providing the enabling environment for democracy to thrive in our country.”

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