PDP: We Have Bounced Back From APC Defeat

The leadership of the main opposition party Peoples Democratic Party  (PDP) said the party has come to term with shock it had over the loss of power at the centre in the last general election.

However the party at its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday, October 14, in Abuja stated that though the election was a big lost for the party it has commenced  the process of rebuilding the party against 2019 general elections- Naij

The NEC meeting  was chaired by the party acting chairman, Uche Secondus,  who said that the loss had afforded members of the party to do some soul searching, The Nation reports.

He said: “Our party has witnessed challenging times after our disappointing loss in the last elections. We moved from pain, despair, soul- searching and now by the grace of the Almighty God, we have started the process of rebuilding confidence in ourselves for a brighter future for the party.”

The PDP chairman added that the soul searching resulted in the resignation of Adamu Mu’azu and Tony Anenih as national chairman and chairman of the Board of Trustees respectively.

Secondus drew the attention of Nigerians to what the party described as selective enforcement of the anti-corruption war of the present administration which added that PDP members were singled out for prosecution.

He said: “It would be morally repugnant to target PDP members while seemingly protecting APC members. All we are calling for is an equal and fair treatment of all Nigerians under the law.

“Government should prevent the slide of our dear country into a police state by controlling some of the brazen acts of the security agencies against state institutions as exemplified in the invasion of the Akwa Ibom Government House by some officers of the DSS.

 “In the same vein, we call on the federal government to come out straight with Nigerians on the state of our economy, which is gradually sliding into recession.

“It appears that the lack of an economic direction and remedial actions from the government is having a debilitating effect on the economy. Jobs are being lost and small businesses are closing shops as a result of the lack of constructive economic engagement from the APC government.”