- The New Generation Party of Nigeria (NGP) has been one of the active opposition parties in Nigeria in recent times
- The party which has been a thorn in the flesh of the ruling party, has frowned at the meeting between the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
- According to him, the meeting clearly showed that the APC and PDP were one and the same
The New Generation Party of Nigeria (NGP) has accused the APC and the PDP of setting machinery in place to systematically rig the 2019 elections in their favour.
NGP's allegation is coming on the heels of the meeting held between President Muhammadu Buhari and the the leadership of the APC and PDP held last week at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Sunday, August 27, the national chairman of the NGP, Dr Yakubu Shendam, described the meeting as a secret and desperate attempt to derail democracy in the country, even as he appealed to well meaning Nigerians, political parties and the international community to stand against the undemocratic move.
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His words: “The secret meeting between the two political parties is a clear indication that APC and PDP are birds of the same feather.”
Shendam who is the newly elected National Publicity Secretary of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) wondered why the president who was away for 103 days got his healing through the instrumentality of prayers offered by all Nigerians and political parties chose to tow the path of dishonesty by convening a selective meeting of that magnitude.
He said the inability of President Buhari to invite other political parties, which are more than 40, to feature in the meeting as a step in the wrong direction.
Shendam also informed the media that his party has instructed its candidate in the forthcoming Anambra gubernatorial elections to be watchful of the antics and reject any concocted results.
“We are consulting to seek redress in court over the unholy alliance of the APC and PDP to share states ahead of the 2019 elections.
“Clearly, the disposition of the Chairmen of the PDP, Ahmed Markafi and John Oyegun at the Presidential villa says it all that the internal fighting between Sheriff's and Makarfi was a struggle for who to superintend over the sharing formula.
“We find the decision to call a secret meeting between the APC and the PDP undemocratic, unreasonable and suspicious. We therefore condemn it in it's entirety and stress, never again, shall this take place again,” he added.
Shendam also used the occasion to call on the IPAC, to wake up from its slumber and get involved in constructive activities that will provide a level playing grounds for all political parties in the country.
Meanwhile, the presidency has alerted the public on an orchestrated campaign to smear the good name of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, by a section of the press.
Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s senior special assistant on media and publicity, stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, August 28.
According to him, some allegations being levelled against the president’s CoS are indirectly aimed at rubbishing the successes being recorded by the Buhari administration.
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