BEVERLY HILLS, June 24, (THEWILL) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has mocked the All Progressives Congress (APC) over its national convention held on Saturday in Abuja amidst clashes among delegates from Imo and Delta states.
According to a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, the convention was not free and fair but “a mockery of democracy and assault on the sensibility of Nigerians.”
Saturday’s National Convention of the ruling party had been held amid tight security with 5,000 policemen deployed as wells hundreds of security personnel from other agencies but the PDP insists that the convention was marked by intimidation.
“The open intimidation and physical assault on aspirants and delegates to the convention further confirm the desperation by President Muhammadu Buhari’s camp to seize the APC’s presidential ticket, for which they have resorted to imposing pliable officials who had been handed the directives to muzzle other presidential aspirants in the APC ahead of the party’s Presidential primary,” the statement read in part.
“Delegates and other members of the APC were horrified when aspirants to various party offices were being threatened, harassed and in some cases, paid and handed written orders to mount the stage and announce their withdrawal.
“It is instructive to state that the APC convention directly reflects the confusion, intimidations, violations and descent to fascism, that have characterised governance in our nation in the last three years.”
