Hold PDP responsible for slide of Nigerian democracy to one party state- Osita Okechukwu
A founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osita Okechukwu, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should be held responsible for the slide of Nigerian democracy to one party state.
Okechukwu maintained that PDP should be held accountable for one party state not the APC, adding that the PDP was inflicted by the same humongous culture of impunity and bandits of multi-colours it planted in Nigeria’s political culture in its sixteen years in power.
He recalled when the President BolaTinubu led defunct Action Congress (AC) and the former President Muhammad Buhari led defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) trudged on with one governor each, stating that despite enticing ‘stomach infrastructure’ being offered by PDP government before the APC merger, they still stand.
He retorted that Nigeria naturally will slide into one party state when PDP the major opposition party with more than ten governors were afflicted by stomach infrastructure syndrome.
Okechukwu reminisced that since the merger in 2013, PDP members converted the APC to Rehabilitation Center, instead of adopting the prerequisite ingredients of opposition.
He added that it was because of culture of impunity that made the PDP to off handedly jettison the rotation convention of president from north to south and also Section 7 of the PDP’s Constitution, which made rotation mandatory.
“Imagine the utter breach of rotation convention by the PDP leadership not minding the unintended consequences, with the erroneous thought that His Excellency Atiku Abubakar will unlock the northern electorate from their dormitory to vote PDP in 2023 presidential election. This is misjudgment pure and simple with its collateral damages one of which is One Party State. Or let’s not forget the adjunct outlier – Mininster Nyesom Wike Masquerade. They’re at it again with fake arithmetic of South 17 and North 11 years rule since 1999, as if Nigeria got independence in 1999.” Okechukwu adduced.
On the issue of economic hardship, Okechukwu submitted that there are lights at the tunnel.
