The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of planning an ‘Arab Spring’ protest to destablise the democratic government in the country should it lose the 2015 presidential election.
It further said the utterances of the national chairman of APC, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, that the party would form a parallel government in 2015 should the main opposition political party lose the 2015 presdential election, stating that in a presidential system of government, there is no place for a parallel government.

Addressing a press conference in Abuja the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Olisa Metuh, said: “Our attention has been drawn to an open threat by the National Chairman of the APC, Oyegun, to institute a parallel government should his party lose the 2015 presidential election.
“Nigerians need to be reminded that the APC’s understanding of ‘rigging’ is where they lose election. Whenever they win as was the case in Edo, it is free and fair.

“It is a globally acknowledged fact that shadow or parallel governments have no place in a presidential system. Therefore, the threat to institute such is nothing short of implementing the agenda to destabilise and collapse the democratic system and institute a reign of anarchy.
“The statement by the APC National Chairman therefore has confirmed our position that the APC is not planning for the 2015 election but an overthrow of a democratically-elected government having realised that they cannot and will not win in the presidential election.

“The pronouncement confirms that the APC is indeed promoting a supporter of APC ideology and further reinforces the long held suspicion that they have been holding meetings outside the country to enact an Arab Spring as a means to forcefully take over power when it loses in 2015.

“This explains why they have been making inflammatory statements and publishing negative advertorials and articles in local and foreign media to incite Nigerians, embolden insurgents and stir hatred and division among the populace while balkanising the nation along its fault lines.
“All the pockets of anti-government protests and calls for civil disobedience in parts of the country bear the imprints of the APC and are geared towards cultivating a fertile ground for them to unleash a reign of terror against the country.

“The importation of thugs to cause confusion in elections including in Anambra, Ekiti and now Osun State are all part of the plot to discredit the electoral system and truncate the 2015 elections. The attacks on institutions of government including the judiciary and the security agencies are all part of the larger plot to weaken government systems and make them vulnerable and powerless and set the stage for the materialisation of their ignoble plans.

“Nigerians are also aware of the hiring of foreign consultants by the APC to tarnish the image of the country abroad, as a means to gain foreign support when they eventually strike.

“We therefore call on Nigerians to be ready to defend their hard earned democracy and protect it from encircling vultures who are hell-bent at taking us back to the dark ages,” Metuh said.

Also, the Minister of State for Works, Mr. Adedayo Adeyeye, has described as treasonable, the statement made by Oyegun.
Adeyeye, who cautioned the APC leaders against instigating bloodshed as they did during the 2011 elections, added: “It amounts to hatred for Nigeria as a nation and insult on Ekiti people for anyone to claim that the mandate freely given to Mr. Ayodele Fayose by the people of Ekiti State in the June 21 governorship election was a stolen one.”

In a statement issued yesterday and made available to journalists in Ado-Ekiti, the minister, who said it was unbecoming of a party that wants to rule Nigeria to be threatening to cause anarchy in the country, added: “Nigerians must begin to take note of what the APC intends to do in 2015 because it will definitely lose the presidential and other elections scandalously.”

Adeyeye, who said the threat must not be taken with levity, added that it was the same way the APC instigated violence after the 2011 presidential election, leading to the murder of several youth corps members.

According to the minister, “By their attitude, any election they did not win is rigged.

“Therefore, if the APC loses the 2015 presidential election, which is very sure that the party will lose because President Goodluck Jonathan will be re-elected, they will claim that the election was rigged and throw the entire country into chaos by forming a parallel government.
“Perhaps, they are likely to begin this criminal plan in Osun State because they are going to lose Osun on Saturday, and also lose other South-west states in 2015.”



While speaking further, the minister said it was unpatriotic for anyone to be fanning embers of anarchy in the country, when Nigerians are still being killed by the Boko Haram insurgents, with accusing fingers being pointed at the APC as the sponsor of the insurgents.
He called on the people of Osun State not to be deterred by the APC threat and come out on Saturday to send the Rauf Aregbesola-led APC out of the state with their votes.

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Long overdue

supporter of APC will always be supporter of APC. APC = Another Problem Coming.

That is the whole plan of APC to cause problems, instead of mapping out strategies to how to win election they are busy instigating and promoting violence.

PDP

Metuh said the pronouncement confirmed the APC is indeed promoting a "supporter of APC ideology" and further reinforced the long held suspicion that they had been holding meetings outside the country to enact an Arab Spring as a means to forcefully take over power when it loses in 2015.—Source