The APC is not happy that the PDP is asking for foreign intervention in Nigeria’s deteriorating political crisis
The call on President Donald Trump of the United States of America by the newly elected factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Turaki, to intervene and save democracy in Nigeria has generated attacks from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Turaki on Tuesday said that what was at stake in Nigeria was not only about Christian genocide but worsening political situations and called for America’s intervention to save democracy in Nigeria.
Speaking to journalists outside the party’s national secretariat in Wadata Plaza on Tuesday, Turaki described the country’s political situation as so dire and alarming that it necessitated urgent international attention and intervention.
Turaki also accused the faction loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, of mobilising armed thugs to disrupt party activities and prevent his faction from accessing the premises.
He said, “I want to call on President Trump. What is at stake is not just genocide against Christians; he should come and save democracy in Nigeria. Democracy is under threat. I am calling all other developed nations, all advanced democracies, come and save Nigeria.”
APC Reacts:
The APC, through its spokesman, Felix Morka, in a statement, said Turaki’s remarks amounted to advocating a foreign invasion of Nigeria and posed a direct threat to national security and sovereignty.
The ruling party said Turaki, who emerged as factional chairman barely 72 hours ago, appeared “desperate, confused, incoherent and lacking the stamina to manage his party’s crisis.”
Instead of seeking reconciliation among warring factions in the PDP, the statement said, Turaki chose to escalate tensions by calling for external interference in a matter the APC described as a “self-inflicted internal crisis.”
The APC argued that even during the PDP’s 16-year rule, marked, in its words, by the “ruthless subversion of opposition parties”, no party leader ever sought a foreign invasion as a solution to internal political disputes.
Turaki’s comments, the ruling party maintained, were a confession of the opposition party’s inability to manage its internal contradictions and a further sign of its decline. The statement added that the international community could easily see through what it called the PDP’s “embarrassing disintegration,” urging foreign partners to dismiss the call for intervention as a “pitiful distraction.”
It accused the PDP leadership of heightened desperation and warned that seeking foreign intrusion for political advantage amounted to crossing a red line.
Reaffirming its confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s leadership, the APC called on Nigerians to remain steadfast in supporting the administration’s efforts to build stability, progress and prosperity across the country.
Watch Turaki’s video in the link below
https://youtu.be/abdUomgU3jQ?feature=shared
