The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN has described the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP as “a big-for-nothing dysfunctional family that practises political cannibalism, hence its spiralling descent into ignominy”.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said that anyone calling the PDP a “big family, united in freedom” may be suffering from hallucinations.”
ACN said that PDP’s continued dismissal of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as “a group of strange bedfellows” means it was underrating the merger at its own peril.
“A happy family needs no advertisement because people know a happy family when they see one. A happy family needs not draw attention to itself because happiness cannot be hidden. What the PDP is mistaking for happiness is a form of manic disorder,” the statement said.
Continuing, “As this vanishing family continues to sink, it has now degenerated to consuming its own members for survival. Nothing showed this more than the recent election of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF. Ever seen a party that is at war because its member won an election? Ever seen a family in which the father is seeking to devour his own son for achieving success?” ACN asked. “Our sincere wish is that this sinking behemoth will somehow survive till 2015 so it can receive the drubbing of its life.
The party said the truth of the matter is that the PDP is pathologically afraid of the APC- even in its yet-to-be registered form- hence, the continuous campaign of calumny and crude attacks on its leaders.
It wondered why the PDP is spending time and energy that should have been utilized to mend its tattered umbrella to worry about whether or not the merger will succeed or whether it will soon be in disarray.
“There is some truth in the saying that anytime one sees a ‘no thoroughfare’ sign, there is definitely a way there. The PDP knows for sure that the coming into being of the APC signals its death knell. That is why it has been flailing aimlessly. But the die is cast. Nigeria needs to be rescued from these cannibals. No amount of blackmail, abuse, attacks or whatever will deter the patriots who have come together for just one purpose: To rescue Nigeria.
“For those who will continue to denigrate this merger or attack the patriots behind the merger, even when there is no reason for it -after all, democracy thrives on plurality of opinion- we say, bring it on” The Party said.
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