APC responds to Governor Bala Mohammed, blames PDP for internal crisis
By Kunle Sanni
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has responded to claims made by Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, who accused the party of exacerbating the internal crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
During a meeting with the PDP Board of Trustees on Wednesday, Governor Mohammed suggested that the APC was behind the ongoing issues plaguing his party. However, in a strongly-worded statement released on Friday, APC National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka dismissed the accusations, describing the PDP as a “cesspool of crisis and dysfunction” entirely of its own making.
Morka stressed that the PDP’s internal conflicts and leadership struggles have been a hallmark of the party long before the APC came into existence. He emphasized that the APC has no involvement in the PDP’s issues, pointing to the opposition party’s long history of mismanagement.
“The PDP is the sole author of the intractable crisis that bedevils it,” Morka said. “A party so grossly inept and incapable of managing its own affairs cannot possibly be trusted to govern Africa’s most populous country.”
The APC also highlighted the frequent turnover of PDP National Chairmen, including the exits of Barnabas Gemade, Audu Ogbeh, and Iyorcha Ayu, as evidence of its chronic instability. Morka attributed much of the PDP’s crisis to its inability to follow its own constitutional guidelines on zoning and power-sharing between the North and South.
He further argued that the PDP’s decision to concentrate both the presidential candidacy and national chairmanship positions in one region only deepened its internal divisions.
The APC, while distancing itself from the PDP’s turmoil, urged Governor Mohammed and the PDP leadership to focus on addressing their internal problems rather than casting blame on the ruling party.
“The PDP needs no help in creating chaos within itself. They are masters-class agents of political disorder,” Morka added, challenging the PDP to either fix its own issues or step aside from Nigeria’s political landscape altogether.
