A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and leader of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) Festus Keyamo has called on Nigerians
to be vigilant about the activities of Nigeria’s main opposition
party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Mr. Keyamo said this in his response to the public apology to
Nigerians by the party on Monday over its 16 years rule. PDP was
Nigeria’s ruling party from 1999 to 2015 before it was booted out
by the now ruling APC in 2015. Critics say the 16 years rule of the
party was characterized by misgovernance, rampant looting, and
impunity in various forms.
Uche Secondus, the national chairman of the party at a public
event in Abuja yesterday apologized for the misdeeds of the party
during its 16 years in power, even as it appealed to Nigerians to
give the party another chance at power in 2019 general election,
claiming that PDP had learned its lessons.
But Keyamo believed that Nigerians should test if PDP members
have become truly ‘repentant’ by voting them into councillorship
positions, via his twitter handle.
He tweeted: “PDP apology means that the party is like a patient
that has undergone a major surgical operation to cure a disease. It
can’t be discharged immediately. It must be under observation for a
while. So, 2019 is for just observation of PDP. Nigerians cannot
afford to bring them back yet.
“I’m glad PDP took the advice which I gave below & has
apologized to Nigerians. Next step is for Nigerians to carefully
observe them till, at least, 2023 to see if they’ve truly repented,
then ease them gradually back by first voting them into some LGA
councillorship positions.”
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and leader of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) Festus Keyamo has called on Nigerians
to be vigilant about the activities of Nigeria’s main opposition
party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Mr. Keyamo said this in his response to the public apology to
Nigerians by the party on Monday over its 16 years rule. PDP was
Nigeria’s ruling party from 1999 to 2015 before it was booted out
by the now ruling APC in 2015. Critics say the 16 years rule of the
party was characterized by misgovernance, rampant looting, and
impunity in various forms.
Uche Secondus, the national chairman of the party at a public
event in Abuja yesterday apologized for the misdeeds of the party
during its 16 years in power, even as it appealed to Nigerians to
give the party another chance at power in 2019 general election,
claiming that PDP had learned its lessons.
But Keyamo believed that Nigerians should test if PDP members
have become truly ‘repentant’ by voting them into councillorship
positions, via his twitter handle.
He tweeted: “PDP apology means that the party is like a patient
that has undergone a major surgical operation to cure a disease. It
can’t be discharged immediately. It must be under observation for a
while. So, 2019 is for just observation of PDP. Nigerians cannot
afford to bring them back yet.
“I’m glad PDP took the advice which I gave below & has
apologized to Nigerians. Next step is for Nigerians to carefully
observe them till, at least, 2023 to see if they’ve truly repented,
then ease them gradually back by first voting them into some LGA
councillorship positions.”