APC behind closure of our secretariat — PDP
The party also backed calls by its staff, who staged a peaceful protest on Tuesday, demanding for the re-opening of the secretariat and quick dispensation of justice in the leadership tussle between senators Ali Modu Sheriff and Ahmed Makarfi.
The spokesman of the caretaker committee, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, in a statement yesterday, said the “gross incompetence” of the APC to deliver on its campaign promises to Nigerians has pitched it against the progress of the PDP.
“It is our firm belief that keeping the PDP National Secretariat locked since June 2016 till date is orchestrated by the ruling party to decimate and silence our party from providing viable opposition.
“This is shameful, inexplicable and unfortunate as the PDP in 16 years did not interfere with internal affairs of opposition political parties, or used instruments of state to shut down their secretariats due to internal crisis or for anything whatsoever. We allowed all parties in the country to strive and stabilize our democracy, for which the APC is the primary beneficiary in the 2015 general elections.
“These harassments and intimidation of the APC-led administration against opposition in Nigeria portends grave danger for democracy at large, and we demand as a matter of urgency, the unconditional reopening of the national secretariat of the PDP to allow staff access their offices to carry out the duties of holding the government in power accountable,” the statement said.
The party said the protest carried out by its staff under the auspices of PDP Staff Welfare Forum demanding the re-opening of the secretariat was a demonstration of their commitment to service, loyalty, dedication to the party’s well-being, peaceful Nigeria and advancement of democracy at large.
The PDP secretariat was shut last year on the directive of the then Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, following intense leadership tussle.
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