APC Planning To Impose Islamic Agenda On Nigeria – PDP
Category: Nigerian National News
Following its call for a political ceasefire so that Nigerians could
enjoy the yuletide celebrations in peace, the ruling Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, yesterday, renewed its war of words with the opposition
party, All Progressives Congress, APC, calling on its members to purge
themselves of what it described as their “evil machinations”, against
the country.
PDP said that APC was promoting violence, divisions and blood-letting across the country, adding that these were designed to make the
people lose faith in the Nigerian project as well as set the ground for
what it described as massive mayhem, blood-letting and ultimate
balkanization of the country.
The party, however, pleaded with Nigerians to always rise up in defense of the unity of the country.
In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa
Metuh, PDP said “Now that an Islamic cleric, Ambassador Yusuf Garba and
the Religious Equity Promotion Council, REPC, have exposed the evil plot
by the APC to balkanize our nation along religious lines by imposing an
Islamic agenda just like the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the PDP
wishes to make it manifest to all Nigerians to stand up and resist this
evil machination by enemies of our dear country.
“This revelation which came even from Muslims goes to vindicate the
PDP and confirm our earlier stand that the APC is a party of blood
thirsty, religious and ethnic bigots averse to the unity of the country
and the peaceful co-existence of our people.
“This explains the reason the APC has been promoting violence,
divisions and blood-letting across the country; which are all aimed at
making the people lose faith in the Nigerian project; set the ground for
massive mayhem, blood-letting and ultimately balkanize our country.
“Nigerians are now no longer at a loss on the real reason the APC has
been desperate to hold power. They now know why they have been moving
round the country organising protests and investing in planting seeds of
discord and disagreements among the people using their stock-in-trade
of propaganda, deceit, falsehood and doomsday prophesies.
“This revelation also explains why they have been arming thugs to
disrupt electoral processes. A case in point being the importation of
hundreds of armed thugs to disrupt the Anambra State governorship
election last December; but for the police which arrested some of the
thugs, the APC would have unleashed mayhem on the state and used it as a
test for its larger plan in the 2015 general elections.
“We are happy that Nigerians are no fools. Genuine Muslims know that
Islam stands for peace. Therefore, any attempt to use religion to divide
the country must be resisted. We thank Nigerians, especially true
Muslims for exposing and rejecting the APC and its devilish plot. Now
that their plot has been exposed, we advise the APC to retrace their
steps and purge themselves of their evil machinations”.
Describing the PDP as a party that belongs to all Nigerians
irrespective of tribe, religion and a representation of the country’s
unity, Metuh further said, “In the PDP, it is our unshakable creed that
Nigeria belongs to all Nigerians irrespective of religious, tribal,
ethnic or regional affiliations. This country belongs to Muslims,
Christians and members of other religious persuasions alike and our
people are free to live and work in any part of the country and aspire
for any office irrespective of religious or ethnic affiliations.
“The PDP remains committed to the national unity as encapsulated in
our manifesto and the ideals of our founding fathers and on that note
will resist anything that seeks to balkanize our country and cause
divisions among our people.
“The PDP is a party that is built on the principles of freedom,
equality, justice and service. In this great party, considerations are
not made based on religious, tribal or ethnic interests… interest.
“We therefore call on all Nigerians to stand up and defend the unity
of our dear nation and resist attempts by the APC to destroy our common
heritage as a people”, Metuh added.
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