{"id":61902,"date":"2018-04-26T09:13:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T08:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=61902"},"modified":"2018-04-26T09:13:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T08:13:11","slug":"oshiomhole-buhari-and-apc-are-bastardising-democratic-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/oshiomhole-buhari-and-apc-are-bastardising-democratic-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Oshiomhole: Buhari and APC Are Bastardising Democratic Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">The All Progressives Congress (APC) has finally lost all democratic<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">credentials deserving of a ruling party, with President Muhammadu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Buhari\u2019s high-handedness and coronation of former Edo state governor,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Adams Oshiomhole, as the National Chairman, at the Presidential villa,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">without allowing for a free and fair congress as enshrined in their<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">constitution.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The APC has now practically become a party of \u201cany thing goes\u201d where<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">decisions are taken only according to the whims and caprices of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">President Buhari in conjuction with his Presidency cabal.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">It is therefore not surprising that deflated APC governors, who were at<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the Villa meeting, acquiesced to the orders and preferences of President<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Buhari because the APC has since lost its populist buoyancy and strength<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">with which it was berthed on 2014.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">More appalling to this impunity are the reports of threats and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">harassment of APC members who demanded for free and fair congress, as<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">well as those, indicating support for other aspirants other than<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Oshiomhole.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">It is obvious that the human rights abuses, intimidations, arrests and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">detention of opposition and dissenting voices, including the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">uncompromising members in the APC, as being witnessed in the persecution<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">of senators, are all spawned towards the 2019 re-election bid.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">We invite Nigerians to note that the same Oshiomhole, who is burdened by<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">allegations of humongous corruption while serving as Edo state governor,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">is the person President Buhari, the African Anti-Corruption Champion, is<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">pushing as the National Chairman of his party without taking him through<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the rigours of due diligence checks.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">We know that the Presidency has been jittery over mounting opposition<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">against President Buhari within the APC and, in their desperation to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">clinch the party\u2019s presidential ticket at all cost, finds a good ally in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the former Edo state governor, who by now should have been facing<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">investigation over allegations bordering on corruption.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Nigerians can now see that the APC is an ideologically vacuous vehicle<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">used to seize power in 2015 and which oppressive elements working for<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">President Buhari are also currently deploying to subvert the will of the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">people ahead of the 2019 general elections.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">On our part, the repositioned and rebranded PDP remains open and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">committed to strict observance of all tenets and principles of internal<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">democracy, particularly in providing a level playing ground for all in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the process of electing officials and candidates for all position and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">all levels of political engagements.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">We therefore urge Nigerians to note the undemocratic proclivities of the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">APC and President Buhari and rally with the PDP to return our nation to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the path of democracy, freedom, good governance and economic prosperity,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">come 2019.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\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 All Progressives Congress (APC) has finally lost all democratic credentials 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