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APC, PDP react to Obasanjo’s CNM, ADC union
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have both reacted to the news of the alliance between former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
A co-convener of CNM, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, announced the fusion of the two at a world press conference in Abuja on Thursday.
But in its reaction through its national publicity secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, in a statement to newsmen, the APC welcomed the fusion, noting that the ADC is in no way a threat come 2019.
“We are in a multi-party democracy and the coming together by political parties should not be considered a threat. In fact, the more the merrier, we do not see this as a threat at all.
“We are confident that Nigerians still believe in our party they are seeing the changes we are bringing on board. The Nigerian people will decide which party among the very many they will give their mandate to when the time comes,” Abdullahi said.
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Also in its response, the PDP national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, described the fusion as a welcomed development noting that the PDP and ADC has one thing in common, which is to sack President Muhammadu Buhari from Aso Rock come 2019.
He said, “We are all going to work together to remove President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. Whether the group joins ADC or another party, we all have one thing in common, and that is the sacking of the President.
“We will all work together to remove President Buhari. So, Nigerians and members of our party should not worry about what happened to the group.”
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