By Dayo Omoogun
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that the visit by governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
to former President Goodluck Jonathan is an affirmation that Nigeria fared better as a nation, under the governance of the PDP.
The party was reacting to a visit by some APC governors such as Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, Badaru of Jigawa State and Gov Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State who recently defected to the party as well as the Governor of Yobe State Mai Mala Buni who currently doubles as the Chairman of the Caretaker and Convention Planning Committee of the party.
The media had, in recent times, been awash with reports that the APC was making overtures to the former Nigerian leader to run for a second term using its platform.
“The visit, which is a clear endorsement of the acceptability of the PDP administration, also indicates that the APC, in 2015, only created artificial symbols of misgovernance, corruption and other alleged misgivings just to discredit our party and grab the levers of power to achieve their selfish desires.
“It is evident that the Jonathan administration succeeded in office basically because our party understands the nuances of our nation, which we translated into people-oriented polices and programmes, in line with the manifesto of our party, to make life comfortable for Nigerians.
“This visit to Jonathan by the APC governors is a direct acceptance of the successes recorded by our party in building a strong nation with a virile economy that was rated as one of the fastest growing economies of the world.
“The visit is therefore a subtle step by APC governors into the corridors of the PDP in agreement that our party holds the solution to the myriads of problems brought to our nation by their APC and President Muhammadu Buhari.
“The PDP therefore receives the visit by APC governors as an apology by the APC to our party and Nigerians over the lies, beguilements and other irresponsible allegations deployed by the APC to grab power, only to lead our nation on a journey to nowhere.
“We therefore caution Nigerians to be watchful of the antics of the APC that have failed in governance and the management of its own affairs.
“For us in the PDP, the unity, stability, progress and development of our dear nation remain paramount and as such, we will not allow the failed APC and its pranksters, who have betrayed the trust of Nigerians, to mislead them once again.