The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has vowed to sack President Bola Tinubu from Aso Rock and as well take over all the states currently ruled by the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2027.
The PDP National Vice Chairman in the South East zone of Nigeria, Chief Ali Odefa who stated this yesterday during the State party congress in Ebonyi, said his party has prepared to wrestle power out of the APC come next general elections in the country.
Odefa said the PDP, led by its National Chairman, Umar Damagum, has reconciled its internal conflicts among the party leaders and stakeholders by unifying its members.
He advised the elected executives of the party in the state to channel their efforts towards solidifying the existing unity of the party faithful despite their diverse interests to take over the leadership of the country.
He observed that some party members have defected to the ruling APC as a result of hunger and assured them of an open-door policy while coming back, as he predicted an impending explosion awaiting the APC before the next two years.
According to him, any of the PDP defectors to APC who have good character has a chance of coming back to the PDP honourably before the 2027 elections.
He observed that "Nigerians are tired of APC, both its policies and styles of governance since it occupies the seat of power in the country."
He maintained that everybody in the country has felt the pains degenerated by the APC government policies and styles of governance.
"When PDP was in power, all of you know how much a bag of rice was. Somebody just told me that a bag of Abakaliki rice is now N73,000, which we used to buy for N22,000. All of us are feeling the pain, and that's why Nigerians are yearning for change, and that change is what PDP is ready to offer.
"All we are doing now is to put our house in order and wait to answer the call of Nigerians. PDP is a party with a human face.
"When Goodluck Jonathan was the President of Nigeria, the likes of the current President (Bola Tinubu) and even the former President Muhammad Buhari protested and accused Jonathan of bad leadership style, and nothing happened, but if anyone tries it now, they are going to kill you.
"He (Tinubu) will arrest you and put you in prison. Look at the innocent children paraded in the court some days back as protesters. Famished children were being paraded because they made their feelings known and this has shown that the APC doesn't like extreme opposition, the current government has no human face, and the APC leaders don't care who you are.
"But when birds learn to fly without perching, the hunter will learn to shoot without missing bullets. We are taking our time to take them out of their comfort zone, and at the rightful time, we will strike them out of the seat of power," Odefa said.
Hon Ugonna Ogbonna, Chairman of Ebonyi State PDP Congress Committee, described the congress as a most peaceful exercise and commended the members of the party for being cordial in the state.
He said the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, security personnel, and his team, a 7-man committee for the congress from the PDP Secretariat Abuja, were on the ground to monitor the exercise.
