PDP suffering from sins of the past - APC

The Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has pointed an accusing finger at the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC concerning its present crisis.

The PDP alleged that the APC hired its "ousted" National Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff to destroy the party.

Sheriff was "ousted" at the botched May 21 national convention in Port Harcourt, where a caretaker committee was entrusted with the affairs of the party.

But Sheriff snatched the PDP Secretariat in a dramatic return on Monday, declaring the Caretaker Committee illegal. He said that his tenure remains valid till December 2018.

During a press conference on Monday, spokesman of the Caretaker Committee, Prince Dayo Adeyeye said that the APC was planning to scuttle PDP's chances in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State.

“The All Progressive Congress (APC) has contracted Sheriff and his cohorts to scuttle the chances of the PDP in the Edo governorship election.

“We have credible intelligence that Sheriff had a meeting on Sunday night with an APC governor from the Northwest, where it was agreed that he would be given full security and financial support to exacerbate the crisis in the PDP with the objective of preventing the PDP from presenting a candidate for the Edo governorship election, or in the very least, to prevent the PDP from offering a serious challenge to APC whose electoral fortunes have continued to nose-dive.

“What we are however very certain about is that Sheriff and his fellow renegades are being used by the enemies of the PDP to destroy our party and to prevent it from reorganising itself so as to provide a credible opposition and alternative platform for the forthcoming Edo State gubernatorial election and the 2019 general elections.”

However, the APC has washed its hands off the leadership crisis rocking the PDP.

National Secretary Mai Mala Buni, in a statement said advised the PDP to put its house in order.

“For the umpteenth time, the APC wishes to state that instead of joining issues with the baseless and laughable allegations, the APC would rather join issues that will bring about-all-inclusive development in the country.

“However, it should be put on record that the PDP foisted on them whatever crisis it is troubled with today due to its politics of imposition and other undemocratic practices which the APC abhors.

“The PDP should put its house in order rather than playing to the gallery and blaming others but themselves for their sins which have come to hunt them. Also, it is evident that the PDP has chosen to employ diversionary tactics because of its inability to produce credible candidates for the forthcoming elections in Edo and Ondo states”.