Wabara: APC Using ‘Self-serving Characters’ to Realise One-party State Plan

Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo in Umuahia

Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Adolphus Wabara, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of using ‘self-serving characters’ in the PDP to achieve its one party state agenda.

Wabara said the one-party state plan was why APC was instigating defections in PDP in order to destroy the main opposition party and pave the way for its grand design.

He alleged that APC had found “self-serving characters in the PDP” who offered themselves as willing tools to be used in executing the obnoxious agenda of one-party system.
The former senate president, who was reacting to the exodus of party chieftains from PDP, however, told journalists that the evil agenda of one-party system would not be allowed to materialise.

He said, “The BoT will never allow the APC to use some characters in the PDP to turn this beautiful and sweet nation into a one party state.”
Wabara said the PDP BoT was in heightened alert and would move in without delay to nip in the bud the interparty destabilisation plot of APC by tackling the root cause of defections in the main opposition party.
According to him, the BoT of the former ruling party comprised “array of distinguished men and women of invaluable experience and integrity (who) will surely salvage the party.”

Apparently, unresolved grievances in PDP had in recent times led many prominent members to dump the party, especially in the South-east geopolitical zone, leaving the party in serious stress.
The most affected states included Abia, Ebonyi and Imo.
In the latest episodes of defections, which occurred in Imo State, no fewer than 13 PDP officials at zonal, state and local government levels quit the party.
Former governor of Imo, Emeka Ihedioha, had opened the floodgate of resignations after he resigned from PDP on April 23, citing the dispute over the issue of the national secretary of the party.

However, Wabara said those still nursing grievances would be pacified to stem further resignations and defections. “The BoT did it (reconciliation) once and shall do it again, no matter whose ox is gored,” he added.

Wabara, who represented Abia South in the red chambers of the National Assembly, expressed confidence in the ability of those piloting the affairs of PDP to resolve the internal challenges confronting the party.

He said very soon, all grievances in the party would be amicably resolved making it difficult for APC to find people to use in destabilising the opposition party.
The BoT chair said his party would weather every storm and come out stronger, including the supremacy tussle between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike.