By Myke Uzendu
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has labelled the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a harbinger or of corruption in the country, mocking it on the selection of Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, who was arraigned in Court on 149-count charge of alleged fraudulent award of contracts and stealing of public funds estimated at N15 billion, as its National Chairman.
The PDP in a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Olugunagba described the APC National Convention as a jamboree of lies, celebration of illegality and corruption adding that any leadership birthed through such process can only be overtly corrupt, debauch and illegal.
The party said that it is clear that with the combination of “the corrupt, deceitful and rudderless Buhari-led APC government and the Abdullahi Adamu-led party leadership, corruption, economic hardship and rudderlessness in the APC government will worsen in our country in the remaining one year of the APC in government.
“The composition of the APC national leadership is a clear confirmation that President Buhari has never been committed to the fight against corruption as well as his willingness to further open our national vaults to ravenous treasury looters in the APC”.
The PDP challenged members of the APC national leadership, particularly Sen. Adamu to come clean on corruption charges against them.
“The new APC Chairman should inform Nigerians why he was not courageous enough to submit himself to trial at the Federal High Court, Lafia, Nasarawa State rather than hide under technicalities. Senator Adamu should therefore come clean to Nigerians on the said case before parading himself as a saint.
“It is therefore pathetic to see Sen. Adamu showboating on stage to impress his puppet master by attempting to denigrate other Nigerians and our great Party, the PDP”.
PDP said that it has only pity for Sen. Adamu and does not intend to confer him an undue relevance with a response. “Sen. Adamu should however be conscious of the fact that time does not run against the State in criminal matters. He should therefore not have any illusion that being an APC Chairman will avail him a perpetual cover..
“it was appalling to see APC leaders come out one after the other at their national jamboree to spew out lies and false performance claims on the economy, infrastructure and security even in the face of biting economic hardship, high cost of living, excruciating fuel emergency, lingering crisis in the education sector and escalated insecurity that was happening real time and simultaneously when the ridiculous claims of achievement were being made.
“Is it not shameful that while APC leaders were lying on stage in Abuja, terrorists were busy attacking the Kaduna International Airport, located in an APC controlled state?”
The opposition party cautioned that the purported APC National Working Committee (NWC) does not have the legitimacy of office as the process that produced it under the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) remains unconstitutional and flawed.
The PDP cautioned aspirants intending to participate in the 2023 general elections under the APC to note that they are on a journey to nowhere with the APC.
