Demola Olarewaju, an aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has said Nigerians are right to say that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has failed in the duty of playing opposition to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Olarewaju said this following a PDP governors meeting held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Monday, which saw the governors issue a communique dissociating the party from any coalition or merger.
Criticising the communique, Atiku’s aide stated that it failed to directly address issues affecting the party, especially the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers by President Bola Tinubu.
“I read that communique four times, then left it and went back again, whether my eyesight was faulty. Not one mention of Bola, Ahmed or Tinubu separately or jointly. Opposition communique o,” he shared on X.
Olarewaju lamented that the communique couldn’t even affirm Ude-Okoye as national secretary of the party, because the governors didn’t want to hurt the feelings of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
Atiku’s aide further slammed Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, saying that as the leader of the party in the Southeast, he “could not speak up.”
In another post, he said, “Seven-point communique alluding to declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State but not one mention of either the executor Bola Tinubu or the instigator Nyesom Wike.
“Alluding to insecurity but not one mention of the C-in-C, Bola Tinubu.
“Nigerians demanding a proper opposition to APC are absolutely right that PDP has failed in that regard, this pusillanimous communique confirms it, and PDP should get the heck out of the way at this point.”
