A mild drama ensued on BOTTOM LINE – a Political programme on IBR 92.5fm Ibadan at the Weekend when a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and the immediate former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu described the People’s Democratic Party as a dying party.
Fielding questions from the Anchor of the programme Aanuoluwapo Omorinde, the legal luminary justifies his claim saying “when you look at the way and manner people are resigning from the party, one cannot but conclude that the party is a dying party”.
Though Shittu admitted that there are many challenges confronting Nigeria at the moment, he noted that the efforts of the Muhammadu Buhari led APC government is unprecedented in the Country.
“I agree with you that there are security challenges confronting Nigeria and unfortunately, these problems don’t make us appreciate the infrastructural developments going on.
“Let me remind you that it is only this government that empowered youths, I mean young graduates with thirty thousand naira monthly. Over five hundred thousand youths benefitted from this programme. You remember how the Vice President went round the Country to implement this initiative. It is only this government that created the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management”.
Responding, the PDP Publicity Secretary in Oyo State, Akeem Olatunji who featured on the programme after the former Minister described the APC as an entity that will soon be forgotten.
When asked to justify his claim in view of the mass defection his party has suffered in recent times, he described those leaving PDP for the APC as people who only want to witness and be part of the extinction of the broom party.
“You know at every burial, you will definitely have those who will go with the corpse to the burial ground. That best describes them. With the poor performance of the APC, PDP will come back.
He said there is no gain saying that the PDP will wrestle power from the APC come 2023.
Olatunji cautioned those comparing PDP with APC saying there are clear-cut differences between both. To him, the achievements of both parties speak for them.
