By Deborah Hassan
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the visit by All Progressives Congress (APC) governors to former President Goodluck Jonathan is an affirmation that the country fared better under the leadership of the PDP.
A press statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday added that the visit is a clear endorsement of the acceptability of the PDP administration, as well as an indication that the APC, in 2015, only “created artificial symbols of misgovernance, corruption and other alleged misgivings just to discredit our party and grab the levers of power to achieve their selfish desires.”
“It is evident that the Jonathan administration succeeded in office basically because our party understands the nuances of our nation, which we translated into people-oriented polices and programmes, in line with the manifesto of our party, to make life comfortable for Nigerians.
“This visit to Jonathan by the APC governors is a direct acceptance of the successes recorded by our party in building a strong nation with a virile economy that was rated as one of the fastest growing economies of the world.
“The visit is therefore a subtle step by APC governors into the corridors of the PDP in agreement that our party holds the solution to the myriads of problems brought to our nation by their APC and President Muhammadu Buhari.”
The party further said it has received the visit by APC governors as “an apology by the APC to the party and Nigerians over the lies, beguilement and other irresponsible allegations deployed by the APC to grab power, only to lead our nation on a journey to nowhere.
“We therefore caution Nigerians to be watchful of the antics of the APC that have failed in governance and the management of its own affairs.
“For us in the PDP, the unity, stability, progress and development of our dear nation remain paramount and as such, we will not allow the failed APC and its pranksters, who have betrayed the trust of Nigerians, to mislead them once again.”