National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu has said that by March/April of 2022 there will be nothing like the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the country. He said the APC is a contraption by a few people to win power with no programme or any idea of what to do with power but ended up plunging Nigeria into unimaginable socio-economic and security crises. The PDP national chairman who spoke at the reception organized for him by the government and people of Benue State in Makurdi, said Nigerians were eagerly waiting for the PDP to rescue the country from the shackles of the APC. He said to meet the expectations of Nigerians, the PDP national leadership plans to unite the party and ultimately build it into a fighting machine because “Nigerians are waiting for us; Nigerians are tired. There is no governance in Nigeria under the APC.
“Days back, people said to my hearing that Nigerians wish to return to the days of PDP. I believe that Nigerians want us to return to power. And it is not only at the federal level. “At one point, we had 28 governors. I believe that it is still possible to increase the number to at least 29 governors. It is possible to attain because by March/April there will be no APC in Nigeria. “APC is a contraption; a contraption to win power with no programme or any idea of what to do with power. So we will be coming back with a programme of action, with workable policies to get our dear country working again so that our people will enjoy peace and prosperity. “PDP is a strong and fair party; under the PDP, no part of the country will be marginalized. It is equity and justice that Nigerians need. And it is only the PDP that can give us that. I want to assure you that it is going to happen after 2023.”
Ayu appealed to Nigerians to have faith in the unity of the country, assuring that the PDP would give every Nigerian the reason to be proud to be called a Nigerian after 2023. Also speaking, former Senate President, David Mark, lamented that nobody ever envisaged that the country would go down like what is happening under the APC leadership. He said the amount of responsibility the nation had placed on the PDP was enormous, adding that “we should focus on it and pray to God to give the leaders the wisdom and courage to lead the party and take Nigeria to the Promised Land. “The level this country has gone down is unimaginable; nobody thought we would be at this level. Nobody in his wildest imagination will believe that we will go as low as we have gone now. But God has His purpose all the time and he chooses the right persons and people at the right time.” Also speaking, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, urged members of the PDP to work with the national leadership to ensure that equity, fairness, and transparency was entrenched in the party.
He said: “If we do that, we will win elections everywhere in this country because we know that the issue of imposition is what creates problems. But with the emergence of Dr. Iyorchia Ayu with the active support of leaders from across the country we will get it right. “I must say that the failure of the APC has given us the opportunity and I trust God that by 2023, we will get back to Aso Rock. We shall rescue this country and build it back together. You will recall that we didn’t understand it when the APC said they will take us from top to bottom if elected. “That is what they have done to Nigeria. But we shall rebuild the country and take it from bottom to top and surpass what we had before they took us to the bottom.”