Group describes PDP rally as gathering of Nigeria’s enemies

The North Central Youth Progressive Assembly led by Jethro Abba has described the forthcoming rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the north-central as the gathering of Nigeria’s enemies.

In a statement issued in Markurdi, Benue state on Wednesday, Abba said the north-central Youth Progressive Assembly is compelled to remind the people of the region and other Nigerians of the “toxic nature” of the PDP leaders because of their ongoing attempt to re-write history and present themselves as people that had acted in the interest of the country when the reverse was the case.

He said “theft of public fund, corruption, failure to diversify the economy and divisive politics” were among the evil perpetrated in the 16 years of PDP.

“The PDP culture of periodically giving out handouts as part of their vote buying strategy has created a culture of laziness and greed that is worse than that party’s refusal to develop the country, addiction to stealing public funds, corruption and a failure to diversify,” he said.

“It has in 16 years attempted to make all Nigerians into greedy criminal in line with its own manifesto.

“The toxic culture of sleaze is again being escalated towards the PDP’s North Central rally with plans to bribe citizens in order for them to ignore the years of misrule that made them sack the party so that articulated looters can be returned to office again.

“Instead of presenting a roadmap of how it would purge itself of evil, make restitution and seek forgiveness, the PDP and its leadership with presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is back to its old ways of bribing the people, insulting others and failing to undertake issue-based campaign.

“The North Central Youth Progressive Assembly is asking our women and youths to collect whatever money the PDP chieftains bring to the north central for their zonal rally and go ahead to sack the party a second and final time by re-electing President Muhammadu Buhari. They should see the collection of the money as part of assets recovery from treasury looters and spend the token they are bringing to cushion the years of bad governance the PDP foisted on them.

“But they must send a clear message that the North-Central is too politically awake to vote for Atiku come 2019.”