APC Kicks As Opposition Forces Mull Mega Party

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, says the party is the best thing to happen to Nigeria, dismissing plans by opposition forces in the country to dislodged it from power in 2027.

Bala Ibrahim, the APC Director of Publicity said opposition forces in the country must do more to kick the party out of power in  2027 because the party has the best agenda for the country.

Ibrahim, in a statement he signed on Sunday, said the party has the ‘best policies and programmes’ for Nigerians’, noting that whatever the opposition is planing will be a hard sell to Nigerians.

The APC reacted following reports that plans are in the offing by some northern political elements to form a mega party alongside their allies from the southern part of the country.

The angry politicians said the two main political parties in the country, APC and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have failed the country, and Nigerians need a break from them because they have no solutions to the country’s myriads of problems.

The politicians led by a former governor of Kano state, Ibrahim Shekarau has disclosed that they are working under the League of Northern Democrats, LND, to dislodged APC from power in 2027.

Made up of predominantly northern political leaders, the group has called on their counterparts from the southern part of the country to work with them to take over power in the next presidential election.

As part of their plans, the LND said efforts are ongoing to form a mega party capable of countering the ruling APC.

Umar Ado, the spokesman of the LND said the ruling party needs to be dislodged from power having failed to tackle the myriads of economic, social and security problems facing the country. It said the ruling party has been lying to Nigerians that they have the capacity to turn the country around.

Ado rued, “The undemocratic practices and mediocrity entrenched within the APC and PDP,” calling on Nigerians to bury the two leading political parties for good.

“This clarion call resonates deeply with the aspirations of many Nigerians yearning for a break from the vicious cycle of ineffectual governance of the PDP and APC, and especially among northerners,” he said.

Reacting, Ibrahim described LND’s plan as a mere ranting, assuring that the party will be returned to power in 2027, adding that the LND poses no threats the ruling party.  A

According to him, “It is not a threat to our party. The people are the final judges. Let them come on board and let’s see. What we want is a level-playing field. They will campaign and sell their manifesto.

“But we have the best agenda for Nigeria. We have the best policies and programmes that will benefit Nigerians. Our policies will yield positive results before 2027 and Nigerians will re-elect our party.”

Meanwhile, the magazine reports that the development is coming on the heels of clarion calls by some Nigerians on the leading opposition leaders in the country such as Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and Rabiu Kwakwanso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, to join forces ahead the next presidential election to dislodge the APC from power.

The three politicians have recently denied such plans.