You’re A National Mistake, Calamity Nigerians ‘re Eagerly Ready To Overcome –Oyo PDP Replies APC Over Allegation
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state has described a statement by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday as not only laughable and regrettable but also a self indictment the police and other relevant authorities should immediately investigate considering the many warring factions within the opposition party in the state already at war in a supremacy battle.
This was as the Oyo state PDP mocked the opposition party saying it should focus its energy on marketing what it described as ‘renewed lies 2023’ saying Nigerians have come to clearly see the APC for what it is and would not allow themselves slide into an era of ‘lie pro max’ where Nigerians would be forced to doubt the legitimacy of their own fatherland on account of undending lies, deceits, and national retrogression.
While insisting that the opposition APC should bury its head in shame for unremorsefully causing Nigerians unspeakable pain and anguish in its almost eight years of being in power, the ruling party further described the APC as a national mistake and the only calamity that has befallen the nation since 2015 stressing that the noble and only reasonable path left for APC in the state is to end the remainder of its campaign begging for forgiveness and showing genuine remorse.
A statement by the Publicity Secretary of PDP in Oyo state, Akeem Olatunji on Monday February 6, disclosed that no amount of falsehood or political mischief can save the already drowning APC from its inevitable defeat at the coming polls stressing that APC failed woefully as a ruling party and also as opposition.
The PDP in Oyo state said the allegations by the APC in its press release on Sunday (yesterday) that it had uncovered plan by the ruling party to carry out coordinated attacks on members of the public on account of the proposed visit by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the opposition party in the state was not only fictitious and laughable but also a clear self indictment by the APC on what hapless Nigerians should regrettably expect from its planned rally wondering if such visit was the first of its kind to the state.
The Oyo state PDP quoted it APC counterpart as saying, “APC’s decision to go ahead with the Tuesday rally despite the crisis occasioned by the biting effects of fuel and naira notes scarcity being experienced by the masses “was borne out of the desire to shame some anti-democratic forces who are bent on truncating the chances of Bola Tinubu at the poll,” stressing that the statement is nothing less than admittance of monumental failure requiring genuine remorse and apologies from the APC government.
The PDP noted that all other Presidential candidates in the 2023 race have successfully carried out their rallies under safe and conducive atmosphere in Oyo state wondering why Oyo APC in its demonic plans to take the battle of supremacy within its ranks to rally with a grand plan to blackmail PDP for its misfortunes, calling on security operatives to be watchful and vigilant as the memory of chaos and wanton destruction that characterized APC primaries leaving many severely injured and properties vandalized still remains fresh in the minds of all residents in the state.
The ruling PDP also quoted Oyo APC as saying, “Impeccable sources have it that Lamidi has been given a huge sum to enable him mobilize his boys and equip them with dangerous weapons with which they would attack defenceless people at random to create fear and panic on Tuesday” adding that “places designated for the unprovoked attacks are; Iwo Road, Agugu, Monatan, Alakia, Labiran, Molete, Challenge, Ojoo, Sanngo and few other places in Ibadan. In the same vein, the leadership of the PMS has been directed to order commercial bus owners and drivers to withdraw their vehicles from the road on the rally day to frustrate people coming from outside Ibadan.”
The PDP said the governorship candidate of APC in Oyo state, Senator Teslim Folarin and the party have neither campaigned to tell the world how they intend to build on Governor Seyi Makinde’s landmark achievements if they ever get the chance in the near future wondering how a serious party participating in an election would arm itself with only barefaced lies and false propaganda as its only political tool for campaign insisting that there is no vacancy in Agodi Government House until 2027.
“We honestly want to urge the Oyo state APC and its lying manufacturing machines to do a better job next time other than repeating their old song. The world has left them far behind and has moved on but sadly, the opposition party still thinks anyone was still taking them seriously in face of unprecedented failure, untold hardship and undeserved pain caused Nigerians especially in the state.
“It was even more laughable and regrettable that despite the several commendations received by governor Seyi Makinde from presidential candidates of other political parties that have conducted their rallies over a peaceful and conducive atmosphere in the state, APC in Oyo state, fully prepared to take the supremacy battle within it leadership to their planned rally, has decided to expose itself further with it’s fictitious and false alarm aimed at blackmailing the ruling PDP and the present government.
“It is no longer news how the unending internal war in Oyo APC had forced others to defect and pitch their political tent in other parties. It still remains a fresh memory in our hearts how the battle of supremacy within Oyo state APC which culminated into its members being locked out of the Obafemi Awolowo stadium venue of it’s party primaries by security operatives. The ongoing supremacy war in APC which has become a statewide concern for all we understand is about to take a new dimension as Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate prepares to visit the state capital for his rally.
“The open rejection of Teslim Folarin’s candidacy by APC stakeholders and members has been made manifest in the fact that Bola Tinubu himself has refused to accept his (Folarin’s) candidacy. We know there’s a desperate plan by Folarin to get Tinubu’s endorsement by all means to power his chances in the coming election but we urge the party to be civil and be decorous in its political activities in order not to put innocent residents in the panic mood because of APC’s planned rally.
“The rage and aggressive protest on Friday by angry youths were entirely born out of the frustration and unspeakable hardship APC government has imposed on innocent Nigerians or how do we explain that Nigerians no longer have access to their own hard-earned money due to the scarcity of cash (old and newly redesigned naira notes), scarcity of fuel, epileptic power supply, high cost of goods and services leading to acute poverty in the land? Yet in the face of all these traumatic experiences, APC in Oyo state has unapologetically and unremorsefullygoneg about insulting the sensibility of Nigerians.
“We urge Oyo APC to toe the path of dignity and honor by publicly apologizing to Nigerians for these pains because Nigerians do not deserve it. While assuring that the relative peace being enjoyed by all residents in the state will not be allowed to be truncated by the opposition party out of its desperation. We urge APC and its leadership in Oyo state to shun violence and keep its dirty linens secret because it will be politically suicidal to push Nigerians further to the edge beyond the current painful standpoint.” Oyo PDP stated.
