The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has called on citizens to pay attention to what it described as the “desperate antics of the APC Party and Administration towards further weakening the political environment and deepening the nation’s fault lines”.
The party in a statement on Monday by Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, it’s National Chairman, stated that the “goals of the APC administration appear to be to secure even a disputed victory over a seeming national resistance against its return in the 2027 elections”.
The statement reads: “It is now clear to all Nigerians that APC is putting no stops in suffocating all opposition. From clumsy attempts to interfere in internal affairs of the opposition parties, to the use of state muscle to frustrate genuine campaigns by the opposition, the APC leadership, sworn to preserve the security and unity of the country, is now cynically deepening the dangerous fault lines in our existence.
“The APC leadership rode on the back of Muslim-Muslim sentiment to the Villa in 2023. In the process it triggered a damaging and bitter complaint that it had no regard for the sensitive, popular nature of our country. It then sought to make up for this cynical assault on our national unity by pandering to another divisive tactic of selective patronage in the manner it administered the country, again alienating large portions of the citizenry which saw it as using faith and ethnicity as baits for votes.
“Now that it appears Nigerians are united in rejecting its failure to secure Christians and Muslims, and it has pauperized all Nigerians without regard to faith or tongue, the APC is resorting to cultivating new frontiers in our plural character in a bid to impose its electoral fortunes, even at the expense of deepening local and national divisions.
“The PRP commends the courage of Nigerians of all faith and ethnic groups who have condemned this outrage, and advises the APC to respect our sensitivities and take steps to focus on our crippling exposure to sundry sources of violence and poverty ravaging our communities. All Nigerians should stand together in our demand of respect by this administration, and for more transparent commitment to credible, free and fair elections next year.”
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