A statement by the national publicity secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh said the manifesto which ranked security of lives and property low and gave no clue as to its preparedness to tackle terrorism was a tacit acknowledgment that the party could be benefiting from the mayhem.
“ When last year in its first official outing, the leaders of the APC said terrorism in Nigeria would disappear within 100 days of APC leadership, Nigerians did ask if they knew the characters in crime and their sponsors. APC gave silence as an answer while Nigerians kept wondering. Today, the Party has released its manifesto with loud silence on the matter so that Nigerians would not raise further questions on the face behind the terrorism mask,” Metuh said.
The PDP said the APC by its manifesto has shown it has no credible recipe for job creation nor the strength of character to fight corruption more than the PDP is doing.
“The PDP created anti corruption agencies- the ICPC, the EFCC and established the Freedom of Information Act to further give teeth to the war on graft. The PDP led federal government has also shown no preferences in its battle on corruption as senior party leaders as well relations have at one time or another been made to face the law on charges of corruption,” he said.
Metuh said the defence of the suspended Central Bank Governor by the APC was because the leaders of the party benefited from contracts awarded by Sanusi.
It said nothing showcases the anti-democratic ambience of the APC than its inability to conduct a properly constituted congresses and convention to elect its substantive officers almost a year after formation, clearly stating that “the strange bed fellows have merged but the structures are refusing to integrate, hence, crisis and disagreements in its ranks.”
