The Peoples Democratic Party has described members of the All Progressives Congress as desperate people whose main agenda was to hijack government at all cost in 2015 .
The PDP was reacting to the claim by the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col . Hammed Ali ( retd. ) that the change agenda of the Muhammadu Buhari government had been hijacked by the former members of the PDP who are now in APC .
While condemning the claim , the PDP wondered why the APC and Ali would condemn the same people that the ruling party made use of to win elections .
It said the ruling party had no justification to heap the blame of its alleged incompetence on another party .
Spokesperson for the PDP, Prince Dayo Adeyeye , stated the position of the party in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH in Abuja on Saturday ..
Adeyeye said that Ali should not be taken serious , and described his claim as “ rubbish . ”
He said , “ He ( Ali ) is talking rubbish . First and foremost , those he is referring to as PDP members are no longer members of our party . The moment you leave the PDP and join the APC , you lose our party membership .
“ The Buhari government used them to win election , to form government and also form the majority in the National Assembly . Tell me , how are they now PDP members? More than three quarter of their so-called governors were members of the PDP.
“ Members of the kitchen cabinet were never members of the PDP. You can’ t have your cake and eat it. It is not possible . Once you leave the PDP and join the APC , you have become a saint . If these people have become saints within the APC , why is Ali complaining ?”
Adeyeye , a former minister of state for works , equally lambasted Ali , who he said had been disobeying directives of the National Assembly on how to run the customs.
He said, “ If you look at those working with the President, I mean members of his cabal, none of them was a member of the PDP .
“ They are members of the so-called APC who came from all sorts of political parties. And have never been able to run the government effectively.
“ So , instead of Ali to accept that the APC government is a complete failure, he is looking for excuses that are not there. APC is indeed a complete failure, always looking ahead to blame the PDP for its failures.
“ They have no plans , no programme for Nigerians . It is a group of desperadoes who want power at all cost. They ran the economy aground . They have destroyed the lives of individuals and have soiled their own hands. Nothing is working in the while country . ”
Adeyeye said that the PDP was happy that the APC had admitted its failures and that come 2019, it would be voted out of power .
The All Progressives Congress in its reaction said the views expressed by the Customs ’ boss were personal and far from being a reality.
National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi said this in a text message to one of our correspondents on Saturday .
Abdullahi said, “ Hameed Ali is not the party ( APC ) and his opinion does not represent that of the party nor does it reflect the true situation with Nigerians in general and majority of party members in particular . ”
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