The Presidency on Sunday boasted that it was not perturbed by “the parade of the All Progressives Congress.”
It said it was evident that the party
was suffering from a leadership deficiency and hence its penchant
for embarking on journeys in search of leaders to give it
direction.
The Presidency, through the Special
Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, therefore
predicted that the APC would soon collapse.
Okupe, in an interview with journalists
after addressing a press conference on the achievements of President
Goodluck Jonathan in Lagos, was apparently referring to the visit of the
opposition party leaders to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on
Saturday.
The APC leaders had also paid a similar visit to a former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar.
But the APC, through one its leading
members,Rotimi Fashakin, said the Jonathan Presidency had since “lost
direction and does not really know how to constructively engage the
myriads of problems that are besetting it.”
Okupe however expressed the view that
members of the APC seemed to have forgotten that God had a hand in
their seach for capable leaders.
He said, “The APC boat is destined for
the Red Sea and in fact, I remember that when we went to Israel, we
prayed to God to remove all the people troubling Nigeria. So, by what is
happening now, I believe that God is working quietly to gather these
people.
“By the time Jonathan defeats those
giants, God will take all the glory and people will know that the APC is
heading for failure.”
Okupe accused the APC leaders of
insincerity,saying “when a Kwakwanso (apparent reference to Kano State
Govenor …. Kwakwanso) was in the Peoples Democratic Party, he was
corrupt but now, he is a saint.”
Kwakwanso is one of the five governors that recently dumped the PDP for the APC.
Okupe also used the opportunity to
assure Nigerians that Jonathan would not sweep the allegations
against the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, under the carpet.
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