The Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday described the current
situation in Nigeria as precarious, saying Nigerians were in
distress.
The party’s National Chairman, Uche Secondus, stated this in his
speech at the PDP 86th National Executive Committee meeting held in
Abuja.
He claimed that Nigerians had been degraded and were no longer
proud of their country.
He noted that rather than abating, the nation’s security
situation was getting worse daily.
According to him, the hopelessness in the security situation is
underlined in the statement of the military hierarchy early in the
week that the morale of soldiers were low while Boko Haram
incursions had continued.
Secondus said, “The killing of soldiers and civilians by Boko
Haram terrorists in the North-East and the bandits in the
North-West has continued unabated.
“Few weeks ago, angry youths in Katsina, the home state of the
President, had to dump the bodies of 18 persons killed by bandits
in the Government House for the government to bury and feel the
pain of burying.
“How else can a people whose government cannot provide basic
things like security demonstrate their anger and frustrations?
“The truth remains that under the watch of President Buhari and
the All Progressives Congress, Nigeria and her citizens have been
degraded and people are no longer proud of their country.“
The PDP chairman also alleged that the election of the National
Assembly leaders was characterised by corruption.
He added, “While the executive is having their wish in the 9th
Assembly, the PDP, as the main opposition party, is uncomfortable
that the level of corruption that preceded the emergence of the
NASS leadership is capable of undermining the desired robust
legislative activities.
“Having ‘purchased’ the leadership of the parliament, we expect
the cabals to now fully take over and dictate the show at the
legislature. We have even seen the first sign of what is to come
when the APC group in the Senate killed a motion to debate the June
12 speech of the President.
“Only a conquered parliament with credibility challenge can shy
away from discussing a major address of a President just sworn into
office, but that is a sign of what is to come when choosing
legislative leadership is heavily monetised by a regime that claims
to be fighting corruption.”
Secondus expressed the disappointment of the PDP over what he
called the embarrassing roles of some of its members at the
National Assembly during the election of their leaders.
He said party loyalty demanded that members should stick to the
party at any given situation.
The party chairman also warned the present administration
against blackmail former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a former
Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma.
Secondus also faulted Buhari’s June 12 speech, saying that it
failed to advance any pragmatic solution to the myriads of problems
facing the country.
He said the reports of the international observers on the 2019
general election vindicated the PDP’s position that the elections
were rigged in favour of the APC.
He said, “I cannot finish this address without drawing your
attention to the report just released last week by some
international bodies that observed our last general elections.
“In particular, the European Union Election Observation Mission,
the America-based National Democratic Institute and International
Republican Institute.
“The reports of the three highly respected international bodies
confirmed the feeling of Nigerians that the election that produced
President Muhammadu Buhari was marred by irregularities and
therefore fell below credibility standard.”
The chairman, PDP Board of Trustees, Senator Walid Jubril, said
the party would soon return to power.
He said the BOT was confident in the ability of the judiciary to
dispense justice at the election tribunal.
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