The Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday alleged that there were infighting and hostilities in the All Progressives Congress, APC, which is gradually infiltrating into the Presidency.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said the hostilities were as a result of the confusion that had allegedly enveloped the All Progressives Congress and the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency.
He said, “The vicious fight for positions as ‘booty’ of a stolen mandate further exposes the APC and the cabal in the Buhari Presidency as powermongers who are only interested in power-grabbing, treasury-looting and plundering of our national patrimony and not in the welfare of Nigerians.”
The PDP spokesman stated that in the past few days, Nigerians painfully watched a reality show of the fate that had befallen them in the past four years, as, according to him, persons close to the President openly declared that a cabal has been running the affairs of Nigeria.
Ologbondiyan said, “Nigerians watched as a faction within the power-grabbing APC, in a loud protest in our nation’s seat of power, Abuja, earlier in the week, listed the Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, Mr. President’s cousin, Mamman Daura and his long-standing friend, Isa Funtua as members of the said cabal that have appropriated the Presidency and held President Buhari hostage.
“In a counter-protest, the supporters of the cabal had also accused a prominent APC governor of a North West state and his ‘brother’, who is a prominent former minister and former governor of a South-South state, as those fanning the embers of discord in the Presidential Villa to achieve their desperate ambition for power in 2023.”
He added, “The despicable scenario is a pointer to the disposition of the APC, as a sanctuary of powermongers and looters, as well as accounts for the unpardonable selfish reason the APC and President Buhari’s handlers (allegedly), rigged the presidential election.
“Moreover, this shameful infighting dragged to the streets, is a further confirmation of President Buhari’s incompetence and leadership failure, which is directly responsible for the painful economic and security situation which our nation has sunk in the last four years.”
He stated that the harsh reality is that, with the situation at hand, there is no hope in sight for Nigeria under the APC and the Buhari Presidency.
He said it was ludicrous that in the face of herculean challenges confronting the nation, the concern of the APC and Buhari Presidency allegedly was the sharing of electoral booty.
My experience living among prostitutes in Lagos slums, Osinbajo’s wife narrates
The Wife of the Vice President, Oludolapo Osinbajo has said that the play, “Area Boy’’ reminded her of time spent working in the slums of Lagos amongst area boys and prostitutes.
The Public Relations Agency that made the statement available to newsmen on Saturday, said that Mrs Osinbajo disclosed this at the National Conference for the MTN-led Anti Substance-Abuse Programme recently held in Abuja.
“I insisted on watching the play, which is based on the perils of substance abuse, because I wanted to recollect a past experience.
“I wanted to watch the drama to relive again the times that I spent working in the slums of Lagos amongst the area boys, amongst prostitutes, amongst the rejects, and the lost.
“The drama was so life-like that I can pinpoint aspects of my experience in the dramatic piece, and as the drama went on, I can identify some people that I knew so many years ago,” it quoted Osinbajo as saying.
She also urged everyone, all stakeholders, to join in the fight against drug abuse, as this multi-headed monster required a multi-stakeholder intervention.
After a compelling performance, the play received a thunderous applause from the hundreds of guests, which included Oludolapo Osinbajo, politician and businessman, Tonye Cole, Wife of Kebbi State Governor, Zainab Bagudu, and others.
The second and last performance of the day was an energetic musical show by an actor, singer and anti-substance abuse advocate, David Jones, who joined the trail last month.
Anti-Substance Abuse Project, ASAP, is an initiative spearheaded by MTN Foundation, to deliver interventions that contribute to a significant reduction in the rate of drug abuse amongst the youths.
