Chidi Samuel|
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday said that no level of gang up can make its government derail from focusing on the promises it made to Nigerians before it came to power.
The ruling party made the assertion in response to Monday’s coming together of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and 37 political parties to form the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) in their bid to wrestle power from president Buhari’s lead APC in the 2019 election.
In a statement, its spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ruling APC said the R-APC is not a faction of its party and that the party remains united under President Buhari’s leadership.
The statement read, “On Monday, July 9, 2018, a group of individuals under the so-called ‘Reformed All Progressives Congress’ platform purportedly joined a coalition of opposition political parties ahead of the 2019 general election.”
“We respect the right of everyone to join any association or group. However, we wish to reiterate that the so-called R-APC is not a faction of our party. Our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) remains united under the leadership of our President, H.E. Muhammadu Buhari.
“It is also noteworthy that some political parties that have been named as signatories to the MoU have dissociated themselves from the publicised deal.
“We once again reiterate the commitment of our party to address real grievances of our genuine members. We call on them to take advantage of this opportunity while the windows for reconciliation are still open.
“We are confident that no level of gang-up can make our government under President Buhari to waiver in its promises to Nigerians to rid our country of corruption and improve the quality of lives for our people.”