APC TO PDP: Your claim on planned defection of 6 APC govs, 27 lawmakers is pure ‘comic relief’

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is serving up “comic relief” with its claim on the imminent defection of some prominent APC members to its fold.

The ruling party was responding to the statement of Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesman of the PDP, that 6 APC governors and 27 lawmakers have concluded plans to join the opposition party.

Yekini Nabena, acting spokesman of APC, dismissed the claim, stating that the PDP was hallucinating.

“With PDP claim that six APC governors and twenty-seven national assembly members have concluded discussions to join the PDP, it is now clear that the PDP has assumed the role of comic relief ahead of the 2019 general elections,” the statement read.

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“Nigerians have rejected the PDP and all that it represents – corruption, impunity, waste, greed. Hence, in the face of imminent 2019 defeat, the PDP has chosen to hide behind lies and false realities to save face.

“While the PDP hallucinates on APC members’ defection to the PDP, the APC is consolidating to go into the 2019 General Election as a smarter, more united and stronger political fighting force.

“While the PDP wallows in its cooked-up tales on the state of the nation, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration-led APC administration is focused on bettering the lives of Nigerians, addressing infrastructure needs, revamping the economy, restoring our rank in the comity of progressive nations, confronting the challenges we face as a nation and generally repositioning the country in line with the change agenda promised Nigerians.”

 

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