PDP ACCUSES APC OF COPYING MANIFESTO

Wants Opposition To Borrow A Leaf On Anti-corruption

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Saturday, accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of imitation.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement issued in Abuja said the PDP views the manifesto of the emerging APC “as a very poor imitation and a bland parody of the manifesto of the Peoples Democratic Party.”

According to Metuh, “it is laughable that the opposition thinks that victory, which only hard work begets, will now cheaply be offered them by chance and perhaps, media propaganda.”

He said: “The leaders and members of the APC are entertaining themselves. The opposition are in their dream world. They are in deep slumber, but will soon wake up to the stark reality that it takes more than noise making to defeat the PDP, the only truly national political party in Nigeria, with impregnable structures in every polling booth, every ward, local government and every state of the federation. They will wake up on the eve of 2015 and see us once again in power.”

The PDP maintained that it has not only laid the foundation of a solid institutional framework for war on corruption but has over the years demonstrated its zero tolerance for the plague.

“Our government established the EFCC and the ICPC, equipped them with canine and molars to crush the backbone of corruption. As relative as their successes are, no record will ever deny their impact in quest for a transparent polity. It suffices that the PDP has shown enough commitment in fighting against corruption and will continue to encourage all Nigerians, especially the opposition to do same.”

The party said it is not afraid of a probe on the activities of its leaders since 1999 but asked the opposition to prove itself by taming “the regime of corruption in the few states it controls as a demonstration of its fidelity to the anti-corruption cause.”

Metuh said:

“The PDP is not afraid of probe. This is one of the major reasons our government established the Freedom Of Information Act so that every Nigerian can be a watchdog, well armed with facts to challenge impunity.

But right under the nose of the leaders of the opposition are taxpayers money, state property defiled and pillaged to satisfy the greed of one man - the self styled leader, the Pontifex Maximus. We urge the opposition to start the probe here as an earnest of its commitment.”

Source: Guardian