Adebayo Adenrele
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Ekiti State Chapter on Wednesday said the All Progressive Congress (APC) is not qualified to supervise the democracy day celebration in the country.
This was contained in a statement signed by the state publicity secretary of the party, Raphael Adeyanju.
The opposition party described APC as an embodiment of anti-democratic tendencies, whose plans for the whole celebration is a mockery channeled to inflict pains on the helpless masses of Nigeria.
The statement reads, ” If the APC claims to celebrate their so called Democracy Day, in honour of Late Chief Kashimawo Abiola, the man who laid down his life for the actualization of democracy in Nigeria, then they have done his memory a great disservice.
“After the ruling party had rigged itself to power, both at the national level and in Ekiti State in particular , it has continued to inflict series of untold sufferings on the people ,as punishment for their rejection at the polls.
“Since the inception of the present administration, Nigerians have been crying of hunger, many have died of poverty induced illnesses, while the ruling class continued to celebrate primitive acquisition of ill gotten wealth at the expense of the hunger stricken populace.
“Our party is aware of the antics of the APC. This party deliberately initiates terrible policies meant to reduce the economic power of the people so that they can remain vulnerable for manipulation during the election period.
“Their aim is to impoverish the people, starve them so that the masses can continue to sell their votes to the election riggers and mindless vote buyers.
” If we want to restore Ekiti State to its glorious past as experienced under the PDP, we must collectively work towards unseating the present ruling party. This ruling party is so insensitive, detached and far removed away from the aspirations of the common man”.