APC debunks allegations of interference in other parties’ affairs

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party’s leadership was cautioned by the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday to concentrate on resolving internal disputes rather than assigning blame.

The news came four days after Senator Iyorchia Ayu, the PDP’s national chairman, accused the opposition party of financing “mischievous” social media posts in an effort to inflame the rivalry between him and Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State.

Reacting to his accusation, the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, on Tuesday, September 6, appealed to Ayu to leave them out of the opposition party’s internal affairs.

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This is even as he claims the APC does not meddle in other political parties’ affairs.

Morka made the clarification in a statement issued at the party’s national secretariat.

The statement partly read, “As he struggled to deny a statement credited to him that Governor Nyesom Wike could not father a child, Ayu alleged, ridiculously, that the APC and “other mischievous people” were planting such stories in the media.

“Understandably, Chairman Ayu is deep in quicksand and swinging wildly in search of third parties to blame for the internal combustion in the party that he leads.

“With such an escapist mindset, it is not difficult to see why the meltdown in the PDP has proven intractable on his watch. Lacking forthrightness and character to accept responsibility for the crisis in his party. How can he possibly resolve it?

“Unlike the party of Ayu, APC does not “plant stories” and does not meddle in the internal affairs of other parties. That is an area of extreme and unrivalled competence of the PDP. In any event, the PDP is unravelling unstoppably and needs no help from the outside.

“Rather than distract himself in search of an illusory scapegoat, Ayu and stakeholders of his withering PDP should concentrate on finding an anchor to slow the Party’s rudderless drift.

“How can a party that has proved incapable of governing itself seek to govern a country as important as Nigeria? After 16 years of ruthless misgovernance and crass failure to reform and reposition itself, quite frankly, the PDP stands morally disqualified from asking Nigerians for their votes in the next general election.”