APC’s internal crisis a result of stolen mandate- PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is of the opinion that the internal crisis rocking the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Presidency is as a result of the stolen presidential mandate of the last election staged on February 23.

The PDP in a statement issued by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Saturday, said the vicious fight for positions as spoils of a stolen mandate further exposes the APC and the cabal in the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.

According to the PDP spokesman, the APC is only interested in power grabbing and is not interested in the welfare of the people.

The PDP also added, “In the past few days, Nigerians painfully watched a reality show of the fate that had befallen them in the past four years, as persons close to the President openly declared that a cabal has been running the affairs of our nation.

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“Nigerians watched as a faction within the power-grabbing APC, in a loud protest in our nation’s seat of power, Abuja, earlier in the week, listed the Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, Mr. President’s cousin, Mamman Daura and his long-standing friend, Isa Funtua as members of the said cabal that have appropriated the Presidency and held President Buhari hostage.

“In a counter-protest, the supporters of the cabal had also accused a prominent APC governor of a North West state and his ‘brother’, who is a prominent former minister and former governor of a South south state, as those fanning the embers of discord in the Presidential Villa to achieve their desperate ambition for power in 2023.

“The despicable scenario is a pointer to the disposition of the APC, as a sanctuary of power mongers and looters, as well as accounts for the unpardonable selfish reason the APC and President Buhari’s handlers rigged the Presidential election.

“Moreover, this shameful in-fighting, dragged to the streets, is a further confirmation of President Buhari’s incompetence and leadership failure, which is directly responsible for the painful economic and security situation which our nation has been sunk in the last four years.”

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