Further Admission Of PDP Decampees By APC May Lead To...

In a press conference in Enugu on Sunday, the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties warned the All Progressives Congress against further admission of political decampees from the Peoples Democratic Party.

It was said in a statement signed by the CNPP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, that the call is being made in the "collective interest" of Nigeria to forestall the return of the "one-party" system and, consequently, absolute powers in post-2015 general elections.
"For we cannot forget in a hurry the granite saying of Lord Acton that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely; as evidenced by the imperial posture of the PDP-led Federal Government in the last 14 years which stifled political and economic growth," the statement read, in part.
"The CNPP remembers with nostalgia the nationwide jubilation which heralded the registration of the APC on July 1, 2013 by the Independent National Electoral Commission; a jubilation predicated on the birth of a broad based alternative political party to the PDP.
"In sum, we had fervently prayed for Nigerian democracy to attain the zenith of liberal democracy, where two dominant political parties and compromise prevail. In other words where no political party will win 2/3 of the seats in the national or state assembles and where no party wins the presidential election with more than 53 percent of the votes cast. This is true democracy."


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