Garba Shehu, presidential
spokesman, has described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as ” the single
biggest obstacle to good governance in the country”.
Shehu said this in reaction to a
statement by the PDP that President Muhammadu Buhari has lost confidence in the
All Progressives Congress (APC).
The party had said Buhari was
apprehensive that the APC would fizzle out before 2023.
The party also said Buhari’s
continuous reference to a presidential successor less than a year into his
second tenure is “a direct acceptance of failure and lack of capacity” of his
administration to manage the country.
But in a statement on Thursday,
Shehu said the country’s main opposition party had no business in the internal
affairs of the ruling APC.
“As the Peoples Democratic Party,
the country’s main opposition party grapples with deeply troubling questions
about its terminal decline and future in national politics, Nigerians must be
surprised reading a statement issued by them, assuming the role of Spokesmen
for President Muhammadu Buhari, ” he said.
“What business do they have
talking about alleged love lost between President Buhari and the APC? What do
they know? Who sent them?
“Today, the PDP represents the
single biggest obstacle to good governance and change that the country needs
and the people are yearning for.
“Both self-respect and sound
political judgement demand that the Party takes an introspective look at itself
after two successive defeats in national elections, asking what went wrong and
how to fix its battered image.
“They need to go back to the
people, in towns and villages, to know what the people want and what the
country needs. Instead of doing that, they are taking roles for themselves that
are not mandated by law, morality or political gamesmanship.
“What business do they have
issuing a statement on the love or the lack of it between the President and his
party? This is not why they lost elections.
“The party needs a reboot that
aligns with current national mood and aspirations, to focus on their grim
future after two successive defeats.
“It is the issue they need to
focus on if they are to be taken as a serious opposition party again.”
According to him, a tough task
awaits anyone leading a party with nothing to offer to contemporary Nigerians
but corruption, mis-governance and division.
“As for the APC, the geographical
expansion of the party is nothing short of a testimony to the rosy future that
lies ahead. The party has come to stay, and the President and the country will
ensure that this is achieved,” he said.
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