The All
Progressives Congress (APC) has prayed that the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) resolved its leadership crisis soon to enable it to take up
responsibility as a viable opposition.
In a
statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi,
in Abuja on Tuesday, the party said there was the need for PDP to be
vibrant to provide the critical opposition.
It said,
“we pray for them to put their house in order soon because we believe
that democracy is better served when the opposition is alive.
“However,
we also know the PDP can only begin to take steps towards recovery if
they stop peddling conspiracy theories and blaming imaginary enemies.’’
It
recalled that Sen. Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the party had alleged
that the APC instructed the Police to prevent its members from meeting
at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja.
Makarfi,
according to it, had also alleged that the APC had somehow influenced
the Appeal Court decision which ruled against him as the PDP National
Caretaker Committee Chairman.
“Neither of these allegations is true in any respect, the Police does not take instructions from the APC.
“The police have explained why they stopped the Makarfi group from meeting at the ICC.
“If the
factional PDP is dissatisfied with the police explanation, they could
seek further clarifications from the police or pursue alternative means
of redress,’’ the APC said.
It added
that so far, the Makarfi faction of the PDP had not faulted the police
or provided any proof for its allegations against the APC, a development
that was surprising.
It said
that this was “especially so considering that Makarfi and his group had
in their ranks, individuals who are experienced to know that without
evidence, such allegations can easily be dismissed as baseless.
“Such allegation without evidence can, therefore, be ignored by all right-thinking members of the public, including the APC.’’
The APC
added that Nigerians should be worried by the behaviour of PDP factions
which was capable of eroding the confidence of Nigerians in the
judiciary.
It added
that even as the PDP battled for survival, Nigerians should observe
restraint in the interest of the country`s democracy, saying that APC
had no interest in the internal crisis of PDP.
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