{"id":37595,"date":"2015-04-08T13:35:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T12:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=37595"},"modified":"2015-04-08T13:35:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T12:35:53","slug":"pdp-declines-possible-unity-government-with-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/pdp-declines-possible-unity-government-with-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP declines possible unity\u00a0 government with APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,\u00a0has said it would not\u00a0join \u00a0the All Progressives Congress, APC, to form a unity government, if offered.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe party alleged that the country is already drifting towards dictatorship as the APC has started witch-hunting its members and some people that served in the outgoing PDP administration to stifle opposition and impose a one-party system and complete totalitarian rule in our country.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAddressing a press conference in Abuja, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh, said the party will rather assist the incoming APC administration by providing virile opposition.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAccording to Metuh, PDP will support the APC administration for the growth and development of the country but will not be part of the administration.<br \/>\nHe gave assurance that PDP will not engage in any activity that will detract the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, in the discharge of his duties.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nMetuh decried the alleged plot by the APC to arm-twist some PDP members and silence them through blackmail and undue threats.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cAs we address you today, our nation and its citizens are facing a serious threat. We are at the verge of a quick slide into dictatorship and the personal freedom we all enjoy today is about to be obliterated.<br \/>\n\u201cRecall that we had earlier told Nigerians that the All Progressives Congress had no clear agenda on how to govern our dear country. Rather than concentrate on how to manage the mandate they now hold, they have resorted to seeking ways to stifle opposition and impose a one-party system and complete totalitarian rule in our country.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cReports reaching the PDP leadership from across the country show that the APC has been desperately seeking ways to destabilize our ranks and weaken our formations by approaching some senior members of our National Executive Committee with phantom promises and threats ostensibly to use them to inject crisis in our fold and pave way for our elected members to cross over to APC.<br \/>\n\u201cFurthermore, the PDP has it on good authority that part of this agenda of the APC is to intimidate and harass our members especially officials who served under our administration.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cHowever, we wish to state in very unequivocal terms that the PDP leadership under the Chairmanship of Ahmadu Adamu Mu\u2019azu, will not condone any witch-hunt on any of our elected and appointed officers, including state governors, ministers, legislators and others who served with clean records as such will be met with stiff resistance within the ambits of the principles of democracy.<br \/>\n\u201cWe will do everything humanly possible within the rules to defend democratic principles and ethics, which we have successfully nourished in the past 16 years. On this note we charge our members to be vigilant and continue to work our leaders at all levels.<br \/>\n\u201cThe PDP strongly believe that our democratic journey got this far because of the open space our administration gave to all political players including the APC and we will not, even in the role of opposition watch our nation slide into dictatorship.\u201d<br \/>\nMetuh expressed optimism that the PDP will bounce back again and upstage the APC in 2019.<br \/>\n\u201cBecause we are convinced that the APC lacks what it takes to sustain our democracy, the PDP is not leaving any stone unturned to ensure that it returned to power in the next four years to save the nation\u2019s democracy and re-channel our vision of a greater Nigeria.\u201d<br \/>\nThe PDP spokesman further declare that the outburst of Oba of Lagos and the brewing crisis in Ekiti state are part the APC plot to truncate the will of the people during the governorship election on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,\u00a0has said it would not\u00a0join \u00a0the All Progressives Congress, APC, to form a unity government, if offered. 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