APC prays for PDP, says ‘we have no interest in the crisis consuming them’

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is praying for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to put its house in order, saying it has no interest in the “internal crisis consuming” the opposition party.

In a statement on Tuesday, Bolaji Abdullahi, spokesman of the APC, also denied the allegation that the ruling party asked the Nigerian police force (NPF) to prevent the Ahmed Makarfi faction of the party from using the International Conference Centre (ICC) for its meeting.

Abdullahi appealed to Nigerians to dismiss the allegation because “there was no evidence to back it up”.

“The Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the PDP alleged that the APC is responsible for the action of the police, which prevented some members of that faction from meeting at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja, initial venue of their stakeholders’ meeting,” the statement read.

“The police does not take instructions from the APC. The police themselves have explained why they stopped the Makarfi group from meeting at the ICC. If the factional PDP is dissatisfied with the police explanation, they could seek further clarification from the police or pursue alternative means of redress.

“We wish to reiterate that the APC has no interest in the internal crisis that is consuming the PDP, which is only one of several opposition parties in the country.

“We pray for them to put their house in order soon because as a political party that was once in the opposition, we believe that democracy is better served when the opposition is alive.”

The APC said the behaviour of the two PDP factions is capable of eroding confidence in the country’s judicial system.

“Every Nigerian should be worried by the behaviour of the various PDPs which is capable of eroding the confidence of Nigerians in our judicial system. Even as they battle themselves for survival, we urge restraint in the interest of our democracy,” the statement read.

“However, we also know the PDP can only begin to take steps towards recovery if they stop peddling conspiracy theories and blaming imaginary enemies.”