The Presidency has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of giving itself away over plot to destabilise the country so as to sneak its way back to power, saying that Nigerians are not ready to return to the main opposition party.
This position is contained in a statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), on Tuesday, in response to an earlier statement by the PDP warning of possible upheaval due to the tough economic situation in the country.
The Presidency maintained that the statement gave the opposition party away as only interested in destabilising the country.
It said Nigerians who voted the party out of power in 2015 are not ready for what it called the PDP’s misrule.
The statement admonished that the PDP should encourage cohesion rather than promote agitation like EndSARS, which it observed symbolises murder, mayhem and mass destruction.
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The statement reads: “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given itself away as being interested only in the destabilization of the country, peradventure it could then sneak its way back to power.
“Less than 24 hours after the Department of State Services (DSS) raised alarm about sinister plots by some elements to cause disorder in the land, using the energy crisis as a smokescreen, the PDP issued a statement, saying; ‘Our party fears that the situation is getting to a boiling point and can trigger a nationwide agitation that might be worse than the October 2020 EndSARS if not addressed immediately.’
“Which patriotic political party or organization ever threatens its country with anarchy, social upheaval and disorderliness, except one still smarting from its snout being yanked from the honeypot, as happened to PDP in 2015?
“But we wish to remind the now tepid opposition party that it was Nigerians that gave it the boot 7 years ago, and those same Nigerians have not forgotten the travails they experienced, at a time the country was awash with money: no power, no infrastructure, insurgents ran riot round the nation, and our collective patrimony was looted blind. Those same Nigerians are not ready for another PDP misrule, not now, and perhaps not for a long time to come.
“Rather than plot and encourage “agitation worse than October 2020 EndSARS,” which it may well be conceiving, the PDP should work for harmony and cohesion in the country if it ever understands such concept.
“EndSARS signified murder, mayhem, mass destruction, even cannibalism. PDP now wishes Nigeria something worse.
“A presidential aspirant of the PDP has warned that the party would die by 2023 unless it wins the Number One position in the country. And die it would if the party wishes the country nothing except something worse than EndSARS.”
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