Jega’s outburst wrong, untenable, APC responds

By Asunmogejo Yusuf Olawale

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in a statement signed by the National Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe Ph.D., has described Prof. Attahiru Jega’s outburst as untenable and void of scholarly facts.

APC asserted that while the PDP failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians as a government and opposition party, the APC on the other hand is attentive, reliable, and striving hard to clean the massive mess left behind by the failed People’s Democratic Party 16-year rule.

The party claimed that while Jega is right about his assertions about PDP, his comparison with the APC is baseless and void of facts.

APC noted that while it is not interested in joining issues with the former electoral umpire, “we encourage him to engage in genuine scholarly research and come up with evidence-based conclusions on the progressive orientation of the APC.”

The statement reads that while “it is instructive to note that having recently abandoned his academic pursuit and blindly plunged into the arena of PDP’s brand of politics, the erstwhile electoral umpire as a politician can make such political statements occasionally while trying to launch his political career in a mushroom political party.”

“The APC is a formidable, strong, and focused political party with strong leadership to cater for the needs of the ordinary Nigerian people. Hence, Jega should note the political lesson that maligning the APC would not provide him a springboard to achieve his desires.

Nigerians are wiser and remain the ultimate judges,” APC added.