PDP accuses APC of sponsoring killings
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of sponsoring various killings in the country and must be held responsible for the death of innocent Nigerians.
Secondus while speaking at the headquarters of the party in Umuahia, Abia State capital on Monday also called on the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be prepared to conduct free, fair and credible election in 2019 and warned that Nigerians would be ready to resist any attempt by the INEC to rig the election in favour of the ruling APC.
According to Secondus who was in the state for a 3-day working visit and inspection of completed and ongoing projects being executed by the Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s led administration within the three years of the administration, the “PDP is on a mission to recover the land of Nigeria from the APC.
“APC government has collapsed. They must be held responsible for the killings in various parts of the country. APC government has empowered the Fulani’s with the power to kill.
“They (APC) must be blamed for the mismanagement of the country’s economy. There is hunger in the land. They (APC) are broken bottle and should brace up and get ready to leave because Nigerians are tired of playing politics with the killing of innocent Nigerians and hunger which they inflicted on Nigerians.
“The APC government has run down the economy of the country. They can no longer protect the lives and property of Nigerians. They have run down the National Assembly that is why Nigerians are yearning for PDP to come and take over power from the APC. We are moving gradually, but working to rescue the nation from the mess that APC has thrown it into. We are not going to allow the APC to rig election in 2019. That is why we are saying that the best gift Buhari will give Nigerians is to conduct a free, fair and credible election, after which Buhari will retire to his house honourably because we know that Nigerians have seen that the APC has failed abysmally”.
Secondus who hinted that the party was poised to present a youthful presidential candidate who will eventually rule the country in 2019 stated that “Our (PDP) focus is on the youth, the generation next. Youths of Nigeria must be prepared to take their destiny in their hands by ensuring that their votes counted in the 2019 election.”
In his speech, the host, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu stated that the August visitor would be spending 3days in the state where it was expected that he would inspect 60 projects (ongoing and completed) across the three senatorial districts in the state. He said that the projects have positive impact in the lives Abians and economy of the state respectively.
Ikpeazu who said that he was confident that the party would retain the seat of power in the state, also boasted that PDP will producing the next president of the country come 2019.
The Abia State Governor who attributed the rousing welcome given to the chairman by the party faithful in the state was a clear indication that the party in the state is united and described Secondus as a hardworking man, pledging the support and loyalty of the state chapter of the party to the incumbent PDP led leadership.
Earlier in a welcome address, the State party chairman of PDP, Johnson Onuigbo informed the visiting national chairman that many of their party members who left the party in anger in 2015 were gradually returning to the party haven seen the giant strides of Ikpeazu’s administration.
Onuigbo lamented that the achievements Ikpeazu has been under reported and his (Ikpeazu’s) government being presented in a bad light by those who were head bent on tarnishing the image of the governor and ready to sweep his achievements under the carpet, whose efforts he stated would be in vain.
He assured that his leadership was working to return Ikpeazu to the state government house in 2019 also informed Secondus that they were willing to support Ikpeazu and secondus’s leaderships to succeed in the state and at the national level.
High point of the reception at the party secretariat was the official decamping of member representing Ikwuano State Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Theophilus Ugabja less than a month he joined the APC from All progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) during the January 8 mega rally in Umuahia Township Stadium.
Present at the reception were former Senate president Adolphous Wabara, senators Enyinnaya Abariabe, Mao Ohuabunwa, Hon. Uzoma Abonta, Hon. Uko Nkole, Rt.Hon. Ude Oko Chukwu, deputy governor, Rt. Hon. Eric Acho Nwakanma (former deputy governor and brother in-law to Ikpeazu), former NDDC chairman, Ugochukwu Onyema, PDP organizing secretary, Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), former Abia PDP chairman, Chief Tony Ukasoanya, members of the State House of Assembly, commissioners and other dignitaries in the state.
The chairman after the reception formally began inspection of projects within the state capital before heading for Aba.
Our reporter gathered that the national chairman of the PDP would visit other parts of the state including Abia North and other places where various projects have been completed and are ongoing.
