- The apology given by the PDP recently has been rejected by the Muslim Rights Concern group
- The group said Nigerians sent PDP packing because of its kleptomania and its flair for sharing money meant for building infrastructure
- MURIC opined that he who must come to equity must come with clean hands, and urged Nigerians to allow the APC prove its mettle
The Muslim Rights Concern group (MURIC) has stated that the recent apology tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, is deceitful and should not be accepted by Nigerians, Premium Times reports.
The group made its assertion in a statement by its director, Ishaq Akintola on Thursday, April 5.
NAIJ.com gathers that MURIC stated that the PDP’s apology did not address whether it would return stole funds; and as such, was half-hearted.
Secondus had apologised to Nigerians during a public national discourse in March, for the former ruling party’s mistakes, and promised that henceforth, there would be no imposition of candidates or any form of impunity in the party.
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MURIC stated: “It is half-hearted (the apology) because it is not comprehensive. Secondus said he apologised to Nigerians for 'impunity, the imposition of candidates and other mistakes made in the past.' Just like that?
“Nothing was mentioned about the humongous amounts of money stolen by the PDP and whether or not the stolen funds will be returned. Nothing was said about widespread corruption during PDP’s reign. There was no mention of infrastructural negligence.
Does Secondus expect Nigerians to swallow that dry apology hook, line and sinker? No, the tides have turned. Nigerians are now wiser.
“Who is the PDP trying to deceive? For the avoidance of doubt, Nigerians did not sack PDP because its governors could not agree among themselves. Nigerians sent PDP packing because of its kleptomania and its flair for sharing money meant for building roads, electricity, education, etc, among its leaders.
“Before PDP can think of coming back, the party must tell us that it has agreed that stealing is corruption. Not only that, it must offer unreserved apology to the Nigerian hoi polloi for making that sweeping and misleading statement. Until they change that erroneous ideology, we will not touch PDP with a long pole.
“PDP’s apology is deceitful because even its megaphones do not believe that any apology should be offered. They are still arrogant and unrepentant.
“Femi Fani-Kayode, a PDP chieftain and firebrand megaphone, lambasted Uche Secondus for apologising. Femi Fani-Kayode’s body language, coupled with Fayose’s hateful comportment and utterances since PDP fell from grace to grass are indubitable evidence of lack of remorse and unmitigated impunity.
“He who must come to equity must come with clean hands. PDP must be kept at bay."
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MURIC blamed the PDP for the challenges Nigeria is facing today, saying the average Nigerian still lives on less than $2 per day. It added that per capita income is less than $300. It also stated that more than 80% Nigerians live under poverty level while 11 million Nigerians are malnourished.
Pointing out the failures of the PDP, the group said Nigerian roads are a death trap, hospitals ar in terrible conditions, young Nigerians are leaving the country to seek greener pasture abroad.
“Worse still, only 1% of the Nigerian population has arrogated 85% of the commonwealth to themselves, leaving only 15% to the remaining vast majority of 99%. As a result, the life span of the average Nigerian which was 70 years before independence is now 47.
“Without being partisan, it is only fair to give all parties equal chances. PDP had a field day and that party cannot deny it. We gave PDP 16 good years but like the proverbial prodigal son, it wasted our resources.
“Objectivity demands that now that another party is in power and that ruling party has embarked on various construction projects, we should allow the party to prove its mettle.
“Allow the projects of the ruling party to mature. Then we can compare and contrast. If it is true that PDP was in power for 16 good years, it stands to reason that we cannot fully assess the ruling party, in just four years.
“The All Progressives Congress (APC) needs at least another four years for its projects to mature and for Nigerians to fully assess it. Corruption is a highly contagious disease. PDP should just remain in quarantine," MURIC stated.
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com gathers that the Nigerian presidency again replied the chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus, over his apology on behalf of his party to Nigerians for the mistakes made while it was in power for up to 16 years.
But in replying Secondus, the presidency advised Nigerians to be cautious of what it called the less-than-honest apology offered by the opposition party chairman.
The presidency also declared support for the point made by the information minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that there are heavy moral duties that go with apologies if the culprits want to be taken seriously.
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Source: Naija.ng