The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said the open letter by former President Olusegun Obasanjo confirmed its poor rating of the President and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
A statement by National Publicity Secretary Kola Ologbondiyan said Obasanjo’s intervention was courageous, timeous and patriotic, adding that such had vindicated its position on President Buhari and the APC.
it however rejected the call by Obasanjo for a third force, saying such would amount to repeating the same blunder that brought in the “ideologically vacuous APC and the Buhari Presidency” which it said had wreaked havoc on the nation.
The PDP said it was obvious that President Buhari and the APC had failed the nation.
The PDP said Obasanjo’s counsel had rekindled the fate of the people in the democratic process.
The party said: “Repeating the old mistake of congregating political strangers cannot help our nation at this time, more so, when the few concerns raised by the former President about the PDP no longer obtain under the refocused and rebranded PDP.
“The PDP is now standing on a truly democratic ground that perfectly represents and reflects the hopes and aspirations of all Nigerians, irrespective of their class, creed or tribe.
“The fact is that Nigerians overrated President Buhari in 2015, but they have now seen that he never possessed the capacity and the required aptitude to effectively govern our great nation and pilot a healthy economy.
“This accounts for the reason former President Obasanjo, just like most Nigerians today, is concerned about the quality of presidential candidates to be presented by various parties for the 2019 election.
“The fact is that while the APC is already caught up with President Buhari, the PDP is open for a new engagement that will throw up the President, which our nation truly deserves at this crucial moment.”
The party called on Nigerians, including leaders across board, to come together to rebuild the nation on “PDP’s consolidated base rather than traversing on another learning curve”.
