Ekiti State
Governor. Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress
(APC) wants the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dead because the APC
does not
want a virile opposition to challenge its obnoxious policies and inability to
tackle the problems confronting the country.
Speaking in
Port Harcourt on Wednesday on the sideline of the national convention of the
PDP, Fayose said such a development would not, however, be in the interest of
the country and Nigerians at large.
In a statement
by the governor's Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, the governor was
quoted as saying that a virile opposition was a vital ingredient for democracy
and necessary to make democracy thrive.
Fayose, who
could not attend the convention owing to the blockade of the road leading to
the Old Presidential Lodge of the Rivers State government house where he was
accommodated, said the condoning off of the Sharks Stadium, Port Harcourt by
the police on the orders of the Inspector General of Police, had the input of
the APC-led Federal Government, saying the police only acted the script written
by the APC-led government.
"I
witnessed what the police did early today in Port Harcourt, it is most unfortunate.
It has shown that we are indeed in a perilous time in the country. The APC is
desperate to kill opposition and silence others because they are afraid that
their inability to properly govern the country and tackle the challenges facing
us as a nation would be exposed by a virile PDP.
"The
Buhari government is dictatorial. There is tension everywhere. All sectors are
down and they are focusing on killing the opposition. xxxWhat business has APC
with PDP internal matters?
"If they
said they wanted to act on court orders, why didn't they act on more than four
orders that were in favour of the Markafi group? They don't have answers to
the terrible situations in the country but they know that an organised PDP will
be embloden to challenge them," he said.
The governor
wondered what would have happened if the PDP acted like the APC and refused to
hand over to the APC last year. Fayose said it was unfortunate that Senator Ali
Modu Sheriff had turned himself to an instrument in the hands of APC leaders to
destablise the PDP.
He appealed to
PDP members from across the country who came to the convention not to feel
discouraged, saying the truth would prevail in the long run.
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