People's Democratic (PDP) has criticized President Buhari for using the Federal Executive Council (FEC) Chambers to conduct the affairs of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

A press statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan reads:

"JUNE 26, 2020
PRESS STATEMENT
APC NEC: PDP BERATES BUHARI FOR VIOLATING OATH OF OFFICE...MOCKS APC FOR HOLDING ILLEGAL NEC MEETING
…Demands Buni, Malami’s Resignation.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) berates President Muhammadu Buhari for violating his oath of office by using the Federal Executive Council (FEC) Chambers and government resources to conduct the affairs of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Our party describes this action of Mr. President, in using public facilities and resources for APC’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, as the height of corruption as well as a desecration of the sanctity of the seat of power and our national values.

The PDP says never in the history of our nation has governance been so devalued to the extent of using the hallowed chamber of the highest executive body in the country, where high-level executive decisions are taken, for an illegal, wrongly constituted and Nicodemus meeting of a political party.

This shameful development is a further manifestation of the level of impunity, recklessness, disrespect for rules and disdain for our laws by the APC administration, whose latest action exposes a move towards instituting the art of running processes and programmes through illegality, illicitness, illegitimate and unlawful means driven by crude force and naked power.

Furthermore, it is an indefensible double standard for President Buhari, whose administration has been hounding and prosecuting innocent Nigerians for allegedly using public resources for activities of their political parties, to use the resources and facilities of the FEC chamber for his party’s NEC meeting.
It is even more distressing that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, is part of this desecration of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) by functioning as a notary public to a political party and using official facilities of FEC chamber to administer oath of office to a functionary of a political party, in total disregard to his oath of office, the code of conduct prohibitions under the 5th Schedule and extant public service rules.

This is the same Attorney General, who has been prosecuting others for alleged but unsubstantiated use of public resources for activities of their political parties.

The PDP holds that by using government facilities and resources to promote the activities of his party, the Attorney General has become culpable of the same offence for which he has been prosecuting innocent Nigerians.

Malami has therefore become ethically challenged to continue in office as the Chief Law Officer of our nation.

Our party therefore demands that the Attorney General should immediately resign from office and surrender himself for prosecution

It is even more disgraceful that the furtive APC NEC meeting at the FEC Chamber was convened in total violation of the APC Constitution, which prescribes 14 days notice for regular NEC meeting and 7 days notice in the case of an emergency meeting under Article 25 (b) (i) and (ii) respectively.

Such a coup against their own party’s constitution renders the purported APC NEC meeting illegal and decisions taken therein, a complete nullity.

Significantly, the kind of marshal orders and threats which President Buhari was issuing out at the so called NEC meeting without allowing for a debate was a sad reminder of his days at the Supreme Military Council in 1984.

This raised questions on the democratic content of the charade called a NEC meeting by the APC.

Moreover, now that the Governor of Yobe state, Mai Mala Buni, has been sworn in as the Chairman of APC Caretaker Committee, he has made himself a full administrative officer of the APC and as such, should immediately resign as the Governor of Yobe state, in keeping with Article 17 (iv) of the APC Constitution which prohibits such dual mandate.

The PDP counsels APC leaders to note that Nigeria is a nation governed by law and as such their party will not be allowed to use their crisis to destroy our democratic order."

http://peoplesdemocraticparty.com.ng/?p=3217

Politicians

Politicians Always Looking For Any Weak Point Of The Opposition.

PDP should say the truth.

It's not the venue of the meeting that is paining them, why they are angry is that APC found a solution to their crisis.

They were hoping that the Rivers and Zamfara situation would repeat in Edo.

For me i think such meeting should have been held at the political party office and not area that belong to the entire nation, either you are a politician who belong to a particular political party, Christian, Muslim, political party.

With this a legacy may have been made, who knows, future president may held family meeting there, who are the advisers doing all this, why are politicians miss using our democracy?

PDP sud find better ways to tackles this sheepish govt. APC hold meetings in d villa ain't a pressing issue

PDP is trying to remain in the spotlight

Noted

slivertongue:
PDP sud find better ways to tackles this sheepish govt. APC hold meetings in d villa ain't a pressing issue

Comments like this only lend credence to the fact that Nigeria is indeed not ripe for democracy.

You don't see anything wrong with the president (of all Nigerians) holding a political party meeting at the FEC meeting chambers?
What's the business of Nigerians with the internal affairs of the APC that warrants the use of a public building for their meeting?
Perhaps the PDP, AAC, APGA, KOWA et al should also book the same location for their subsequent meetings.

...and to crown their ignominy, the comic opera even featured a supposed Attorney-General and Nigeria's Minister of Justice administering Oath of Office to a party chieftain!

It's almost certain they also channeled public resources into funding that show-of-shame.

These charlatans in power keep plunging us to new lows and setting terrible precedents with each passing day.
It's unfortunate.

Last last nothing will happen

tesppidd:
PDP should say the truth.

It's not the venue of the meeting that is paining them, why they are angry that APC found a solution to their crisis.

They were hoping that the Rivers and Zamfara situation would repeat in Edo.

A rabid lagosian thinking APC has won the election in Edo..

Edo has never voted on party lines. You can check form history.

In the last election, they voted massively for APC for the governor's seat and PDP for the president's seat.

If you look further, PDP has the better federal seat allocated in the Senate and HOR.

IZE IYAMU will never be governor. He is like Obgoru of Delta State and Atiku of Nigeira.

Lol

vowiski:


A rabid lagosian thinking APC has won the election in Edo..

Edo has never voted on party lines. You can check form history.

In the last election, they voted massively for APC for the governor's seat and PDP for the president's seat.

If you look further, PDP has the better federal seat allocated in the Senate and HOR.

IZE IYAMU will never be governor. He is like Obgoru of Delta State and Atiku of Nigeira.

And where in my post did I say or insinuate that APC has won or will win Edo?

Do you go brain dead at 1615 hours daily?

All these people should go and rest I beg, they are fighting for their political career and not the mass

tesppidd:
And where in my post did I say or insinuate that APC has won or will win Edo?

Do you go brain dead at 1615 hours daily?

Yo the senseless Tinubu butt licker.

You last statement clearly shows you wish APC wins Edo.

Do you write what you don't understand or you are simply trying to mask your ignorance?

You lazy cotichy bum!

vowiski:


Yo the senseless Tinubu butt licker.

You last statement clearly shows you wish APC wins Edo.

Do you write what you don't understand or you are simply trying to mask your ignorance?

You lazy cotichy bum!

So wishing that APC wins Edo is the same as saying that APC will win Edo?

Wow!

What a foolish youth. You must donate your brain for covid 19 vaccines trials.

Or maybe stick it in-between your thighs and see if it fits.

Nicodemus has really suffered name abuse because his search for higher knowledge.

By referring to the APC constitution about 7 and 14 days notices it is clear that PDP does not want APC to have a candidate in Edo.

Hehehehe

tesppidd:
So wishing that APC wins Edo is the same as saying that APC will win Edo?

Wow!

What a foolish youth. You must donate your brain for covid 19 vaccine trials.

Or stick it between your thighs and see if it fits.

Had to recheck my post and saw where I wrote "thinking"... Meaning it was not an affirmative statement but subjective.

What a miserable online bulldog you are. An introvert who find solace in jerking off his life.

You are an embarrassing excuse for being a human being.

They always find fault in everything

Wailing Wailer's at work , slow down

PDP is right on this one.
I was suprised too when watching news report on APC's congress and saw it was done in the FEC chamber. That place shouldn't be a place for partisan political discussions

Story continues...

nice write up, I guess PDP had employed new thinkers to form a formidable opposition

Pdp and Apc = Destroy Nigeria.

Sincerely, I am tired, they keep making political noise as if they are doing us any good, look at Nigeria. Its sad.
We Nigerian youths, We only have mouth, we don't have action. I pity our next generation. We need divine help

APC will win Edo

Its actually very wrong

Instead make PDP shut up quietly collect some states with this crisis rocking APC, them dey run mouth