Nigerians are too “intelligent,” according to the All Progressives Congress (APC), to enable the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to take power in 2023.
This was said by John Akpanudoedehe, the national secretary of the party’s caretaker committee, during a meeting with state APC caretaker chairmen in Abuja on Thursday.
Nigerians, according to Akpanudoedehe, will vote for his party.
The state chairmen gave the national caretaker committee, led by Mai Mala Buni, a vote of confidence.
In response to a comment attributed to PDP Chairman Iyorchia Ayu, who declared the ruling party had “failed,” Akpanudoedehe said Nigerians voting for his party in bye-elections demonstrates APC as a preferred alternative.
“Nigerian youths are very brilliant, resourceful people. We had said to ourselves that we were not going to respond because it is not an issue,” he said.
“But we must be very careful not to arm PDP with the bullets against our party. I learned that the new PDP chairman made a prophecy that we will scatter before April.
“Let me send a message to PDP. If we are talking about replacing APC, it can never be the PDP because Nigerians are too intelligent. Nigerians will still choose APC.
“Talk is cheap. Even when they sponsored crises throughout Nigeria, we won most bye-elections. We inherited insurgency and we have dealt with it. As we speak, not one inch of Nigeria’s territory is being taken over by any group. When PDP was in government, they took over everywhere but today, it is different.”
The current administration’s social programs, according to Akpanudoedehe, are the best the country has ever seen.
“Maybe because the president is not the talking type,” he said.
“I am challenging anyone to show me any social intervention programme better than this government. People are collecting alerts for COVID-19 palliatives. Youths, women, civil servants are collecting it.”
