Oyegun’s statement on parallel govt treasonable, says PDP
BY ABU IDRISU:
The threat by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, that his party would institute a parallel government, should it (APC) lose the 2015 general elections has been described as treasonable.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at a press conference addressed by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said the comments by all indications, showed that the opposition APC was only looking for an excuse to cause crisis in the country “knowing full well that the party has been rejected by Nigerians and cannot win the 2015 presidential elections”.
“Nigerians need to be reminded that the APC’s understanding of ‘rigging’ is where they lose election. Whenever they win as was the case in Edo, it is free and fair,” he added.
Metuh at the press conference accused the APC of planning to truncate the nation’s democracy as he noted that the planned shadow government threat by APC does not have any bearing in a presidential system of government.
Metuh said the APC is not just conceiving the idea of truncating the nation’s democracy but has made cogent plans for sometime now, adding that such plans are being fine-tuned with the assistance of foreign collaborators, whom he said were drawn into the programme under the guise of foreign consultants.
“It is a globally acknowledged fact that shadow or parallel governments have no place in a Presidential system. Therefore, the threat to institute such is nothing short of implementing the agenda to destabilise and collapse the democratic system and institute a reign of anarchy.”
“The statement by the APC National Chairman therefore has confirmed our position that the APC is not planning for the 2015 election but an overthrow of a democratically elected government having realised that they cannot and will not win in the general elections.
“The pronouncement confirms that the APC is indeed promoting a Janjaweed ideology and further reinforces the long held suspicion that they have been holding meetings outside the country to enact an Arab Spring as a means to forcefully take over power when it loses in 2015.
“This explains why they have been making inflammatory statements and publishing negative advertorials and articles in local and foreign media to incite Nigerians, embolden insurgents and stir hatred and division among the populace while balkanising the nation along its fault lines.
“All the pockets of anti-government protests and calls for civil disobedience in parts of the country bear the imprints of the APC and are geared towards cultivating a fertile ground for them to unleash a reign of terror against the country,” the PDP spokesman said.
Going memory lane, the PDP accused the APC of being behind some election infractions in some specific states which he said are dress rehearsals to what the PDP planned to do in 2015.
“The importation of thugs to cause confusion in elections including in Anambra, Ekiti and now Osun states are all part of the plot to discredit the electoral system and truncate the 2015 elections,” he said.
He said the APC has commenced the plan to cause crisis and has laid its foundation through attacks on government institutions, with a view to weakening them and make them vulnerable when the planned violence is unleashed on the people after the 2015 presidential election.
“The attacks on institutions of government including the judiciary and the security agencies are all part of the larger plot to weaken government systems and make them vulnerable and powerless and set the
stage for the materialisation of their ignoble plans.
“Nigerians are also aware of the hiring of foreign consultants by the APC to tarnish the image of the country abroad, as a means to gain foreign support when they eventually strike.
“We therefore call on Nigerians to be ready to defend their hard earned democracy and protect it from encircling vultures who are hell-bent at taking us back to the dark ages,” he stated
The threat by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, that his party would institute a parallel government, should it (APC) lose the 2015 general elections has been described as treasonable.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at a press conference addressed by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said the comments by all indications, showed that the opposition APC was only looking for an excuse to cause crisis in the country “knowing full well that the party has been rejected by Nigerians and cannot win the 2015 presidential elections”.
“Nigerians need to be reminded that the APC’s understanding of ‘rigging’ is where they lose election. Whenever they win as was the case in Edo, it is free and fair,” he added.
Metuh at the press conference accused the APC of planning to truncate the nation’s democracy as he noted that the planned shadow government threat by APC does not have any bearing in a presidential system of government.
Metuh said the APC is not just conceiving the idea of truncating the nation’s democracy but has made cogent plans for sometime now, adding that such plans are being fine-tuned with the assistance of foreign collaborators, whom he said were drawn into the programme under the guise of foreign consultants.
“It is a globally acknowledged fact that shadow or parallel governments have no place in a Presidential system. Therefore, the threat to institute such is nothing short of implementing the agenda to destabilise and collapse the democratic system and institute a reign of anarchy.”
“The statement by the APC National Chairman therefore has confirmed our position that the APC is not planning for the 2015 election but an overthrow of a democratically elected government having realised that they cannot and will not win in the general elections.
“The pronouncement confirms that the APC is indeed promoting a Janjaweed ideology and further reinforces the long held suspicion that they have been holding meetings outside the country to enact an Arab Spring as a means to forcefully take over power when it loses in 2015.
“This explains why they have been making inflammatory statements and publishing negative advertorials and articles in local and foreign media to incite Nigerians, embolden insurgents and stir hatred and division among the populace while balkanising the nation along its fault lines.
“All the pockets of anti-government protests and calls for civil disobedience in parts of the country bear the imprints of the APC and are geared towards cultivating a fertile ground for them to unleash a reign of terror against the country,” the PDP spokesman said.
Going memory lane, the PDP accused the APC of being behind some election infractions in some specific states which he said are dress rehearsals to what the PDP planned to do in 2015.
“The importation of thugs to cause confusion in elections including in Anambra, Ekiti and now Osun states are all part of the plot to discredit the electoral system and truncate the 2015 elections,” he said.
He said the APC has commenced the plan to cause crisis and has laid its foundation through attacks on government institutions, with a view to weakening them and make them vulnerable when the planned violence is unleashed on the people after the 2015 presidential election.
“The attacks on institutions of government including the judiciary and the security agencies are all part of the larger plot to weaken government systems and make them vulnerable and powerless and set the
stage for the materialisation of their ignoble plans.
“Nigerians are also aware of the hiring of foreign consultants by the APC to tarnish the image of the country abroad, as a means to gain foreign support when they eventually strike.
“We therefore call on Nigerians to be ready to defend their hard earned democracy and protect it from encircling vultures who are hell-bent at taking us back to the dark ages,” he stated
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