In a swift counter-response to Prof. Attahiru Jega, The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said its platform cannot be compared with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
APC stated this in reaction to comments made by a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, asking Nigerians to stop voting for APC and PDP because of their alledged failure.
Replying via a statement issued on Monday, national secretary of the APC caretaker committee, John Akpanudoedehe, said APC is clearing mess done by the PDP.
“While the PDP failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians as a government and oppositon party, the APC is thriving, healthy and assiduously cleaning the massive mess left behind by the PDP which failed to deliver democratic dividends to the people of Nigeria after being in charge of the country for 16 years,” he said.
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“While Professor Jega is right about the PDP, a party under which he served as the Chairman of the nation’s election management body, we reject his comparison of the APC with the PDP.
“Professor Jega got his facts wrong and mixed up in his baseless comparison of the PDP with the APC.
“While we do not intend to join issues with Professor Jega, we encourage him to engage in genuine scholarly research and come up with evidence-based conclusions on the progessive orientation of the APC.”
The APC secretary said Jega has abandoned his academic pursuit and “blindly plunged into the arena of PDP’s brand of politics,” adding that he is “trying to launch his political career in a mushroom political party”.
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“The APC is a strong, united, popular and focused political unit,” he said.
“Hence, the Professor should note the political lesson that maligning the APC would not provide him a springboard to achieve his desires. Nigerians are wiser and remain the ultimate judges.”
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