{"id":52678,"date":"2016-08-28T06:44:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T05:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=52678"},"modified":"2016-08-28T06:44:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T05:44:19","slug":"nigeria-divided-apc-civil-war-dokpesi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nigeria-divided-apc-civil-war-dokpesi\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria More Divided Under APC than It Was During the Civil War-Dokpesi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top contender for National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,<br \/>\nRaymond Dokpesi has said Nigeria has become more polarized than ever<br \/>\nbefore under the watch of All Progressive Congress, APC led government.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists at a PDP rally in Marmara, in Nasarawa State at<br \/>\nthe weekend, Dokpesi said the country has become more divided under APC<br \/>\nthan it was during its civil war.<\/p>\n<p>Dokpesi said his party {PDP} was able to hold the country together and<br \/>\nthat it remains the only party that has the\u00a0 capacity to deal with the<br \/>\nissues of uniting\u00a0 and stabilizing the country.<\/p>\n<p>Dokpesi said PDP is the only political party that has the expertise to<br \/>\nresuscitate Nigeria&#8217;s ailing economy under APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must be very very hopeful, we must look to the future with a lot of<br \/>\nprayers.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that PDP is the only party that can provide the support; that<br \/>\ncan provide a rejuvenation of the Nigerian economy; that can really deal<br \/>\nwith the issues of unity and stability.<\/p>\n<p>This country is more divided than it was during the civil war\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dokpesi pointed out that Nigerians would have a better country when PDP<br \/>\nreturns to power in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP rally in Nassarawa was at the behest of the Chairman of the Board<br \/>\nof Trustees, Walid Jubril.<\/p>\n<p>Jubril used the occssion to call for unity within the party.<\/p>\n<p>He said the party needs to come to terms with its current situation and<br \/>\nwork towards achieving peace and reposition itself for future election<br \/>\nvictories.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve this\u00a0 Jubril believes\u00a0 the party must do away with the culture<br \/>\nof impunity and imposition.<\/p>\n<p>He said members must begin to subject themselves to the will of the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur party needs to run away completely from impunity. We have to be able<br \/>\nto accept the reality of the situation that we are in today and forget<br \/>\nabout all our differences and ensure that this party remains unbeatable<br \/>\nparty\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that PDP has all the ingredients to rule Nigeria again.<\/p>\n<p>Jubril said reconciliation talks are on with former National Chairman, Ali<br \/>\nModu Sheriff; optimistic that the party would soon resolve the crisis<br \/>\nwithin.<\/p>\n<p>Dokpesi\u2019s candidacy for the coveted seat of National Chairman of PDP is<br \/>\nreinforced in Nassarawa as he garners more endorsements from party leaders<br \/>\nand delegates in the State.<\/p>\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>Top contender for National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Raymond Dokpesi has said Nigeria has become more polarized than ever before under the watch of All Progressive Congress, APC&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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