Displacing APC, PDP will be a rough fight, says ‘third force’ movement

The Nigerian Intervention Movement (NIM), also known as Third Force coalition, says the move to displace the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be a tough and rough fight.

Olisa Agbakoba, co-chairman of the group, said this on Wednesday at the launch of a grand political coalition in Abuja

Agbakoba said the agenda of the group is to have an impact on the 2019 general election.

He said to make a change in the forthcoming elections, its members must have permanent voters card (PVC).

“It was our shared commitment. So, that is the commitment you are going to make. It is not to come to Abuja, dress fine and sit down. If you want to displace the APC or PDP, it is going to be a rough fight. It is going to be tough,” Agbakoba said.

‘’I can see so many people without PVCs. So, if we are going to make a difference, the first thing is to get your PVCs. It is of no use going to the mosques on Fridays or churches on Sundays to pray.

‘’Without PVCs, there will be no change. Nigeria is like a big company where there are two million shareholders and in the case of Nigeria, about 200 million shareholders. Less than one thousand are controlling the rest. Think about it.

‘’The people holding you bondage, how many are they? They are not many. So, we have to break this bondage by participating in the affairs of our nation. That is the only way, but we need money.

‘’We do not want the money bags, but we need money. Do not kid yourself, we need money to prosecute this election but we do not need the old type of money. I have studied National Bureau of Statistics Demographic analysis.”

In a message read at the launch on his behalf, Woke Soyinka, Nobel laureate, warned members of the group to be aware “interlopers” who would want to hijack ranks of the coalition.

He said: “Experienced spoilers, they are part and parcel of the very predicament you are trying to alleviate.

“The more notorious suffer from a messianic complex and a desperate need to obliterate the roles, they have played in placing the nation in her current plight.”