Jonathan: APC is progressing to hell
President Goodluck Jonathan has declared that the opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC), is progressing to nowhere other than hell. He was speaking in Enugu Friday at the South-East zonal rally of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The president asserted that no other party, apart from the PDP, could take the country to anywhere. Jonathan, […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has declared that the opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC), is progressing to nowhere other than hell.
He was speaking in Enugu Friday at the South-East zonal rally of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
The president asserted that no other party, apart from the PDP, could take the country to anywhere.
Jonathan, who expressed confidence that his party would win all the gubernatorial elections in the zone in 2015, said: “Some people will tell you that they are progressing. Progressing to hell or to where? Do not make mistake, the PDP is the only party…Here in the South-East, we’ve seen that we’ve no problem. You’ll see the line-up of our programmes; it’s clear that South-east is a PDP zone. Anyone holding governorship office in the zone, you’ll see that they are all PDP. We’ll take total control of the government in the South-East. I say total”.
According to the president, the PDP will remain the best party in Africa as “It is the only party without a dictator”.
“PDP is the only party that people like me from an unknown background can be whatever they want. Other parties can never take Nigeria anywhere. Nigeria is a great country where to move forward, you’ve to have an open mind. PDP is the only party with that quality.
“Here, there is leadership, and we follow everything based on the rule of law and due process. It’s the only party recognised even outside Nigeria. Other parties are not even known outside Nigeria. This is the party that will continue to create jobs for our people”, he added.
Earlier, the PDP governors from the zone; Sullivan Chime (Enugu), Theodor Orji (Abia), Williams Obiano (Anambra) and Martins Elechi (Ebonyi) had requested Jonathan to seek re-election in 2015.
Speaking on behalf of his colleagues, Chime said the rally was soley aimed at requesting Jonathan to run for the next general election.
“Mr. President, the essence of this gathering is very simple. Our people have been meeting and we’ve only two requests. One is that you run for 2015. Our second request is to plead with you to please say yes to our first request. We’re not here to discuss your budget. We’re not here to assess your government. All we want is that you say yes to our first and second requests,” Chime said.
For Orji, should the president refuse to seek re-election, all the PDP governors from the zone would conscript him.
“If you say no, we shall conscript you. We know that it is under this PDP government that we got an Inspector-General of Police and a Chief of Army Staff after 40 years. Under this government, we’ve the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Minister of Finance. You have even done more than all you promised as you assured”, he said.
On his part, Elechi said it was only proper for Jonathan to continue to do the good work he had started.
“You’ve set an unprecedented record in the Nigerian democratic landscape by allowing the people to freely elect their leaders. You’ve also tolerated abuses even from the opposition, yet you never responded. Don’t listen to those claiming they’re ready to rescue Nigeria. For these observations, we say don’t reject our requests. You’re the person we’re waiting for”, he said.