A former Deputy Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Sir Austin Opara and chieftain of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, has called on former President, Olusegun Obasanjo to
advise members of his coalition to join the main opposition party to unseat the
All Progressives Congress, APC, and President Muhammadu Buhari.
In an interview with the
Vanguard, Opara gave insight into the recent letter of former President
Obasanjo to Buhari, insisting that there cannot be a better time for such call
than now.
Asked about the letter, Opara
said, “That is what I consider to be the voice of wisdom; an elder statesman
speaking to a leader.
“There cannot be a better way of
advising the president than that. In the same view, I call on the president to
heed the advice given by the past president.
“God has been very merciful to
the president. Last year, we all remember what he went through, health-wise.
“We know that the issue of life
and death belong to God; nobody will wish his fellow human being death talk
more of a president. But the whole nation stood still praying for him.
“Let Mr. president save the
nation the agony of further fasting and prayer; let him indeed heed the advice,
at the end of his tenure, he should leave and have a good rest wherever he
wants.
“The area I don’t agree with the
letter is the issue of a Third Force, either you call it a coalition or what.
The truth is, unless we are theoretical, if we are practical, politically it is
not achievable with the period available before the primaries and the
elections.
“It will indeed not be possible
to put a national party across the nation that will be able to face the APC and
the PDP in the general election. We can think of that if we are theoretical,
but practically, it is not possible.
“So, PDP is the party today that
is providing and leading the opposition. Those who feel dissatisfied with what
the APC has done, which of course are in the majority, (most Nigerians are
dissatisfied), let us join the PDP and unseat this government.
“But, are their indications that
factions may emerge from the PDP? No, no. PDP is a family. Discountenance that.
Maybe you are misconstruing the APC for PDP. Yes, there are factions in the APC
and not in the PDP. Clearly, we are moving in one direction as a family.
“Nigerians are saying neither PDP
nor APC is good enough to change the nation, what is your view? We are not
going to manufacture or create new human beings in Nigeria.
“We are all Nigerians. The truth
is that we still have credible people in PDP who can lead this nation, so PDP
should be given another chance.”
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