The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Emma Eneukwu, says the accusation of a one-party state being made against the APC is a ploy to blackmail, weaken, and slow down the progress of the party.
Eneukwu said this on Wednesday in Enugu, while reacting to 26 uninterrupted years of democratic rule in Nigeria.
He said that the current slogan of some opposition politicians, alluding to the emergence of a one-party state, is purely alarmist.
“APC is working and delivering on its mandate to Nigerians. Nigeria, despite all the challenges we met on the ground, is working, and democracy is progressing.
“This is the 26th unbroken year of democracy, and Nigeria is marching on. If you talk of a one-party state, it is a forceful stoppage of other parties from doing what they want to do. But that is not the case here.
“APC has allowed free discussions, associations, and events as well as free attempted coalitions.
“But their coalitions have refused to fly because Nigerians know better, they know they cannot be deceived again for narrow interests. They (opposition politicians) lack confidence in calling them (Nigerians) for the so-called coalition,” he said.
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Eneukwu noted that President Bola Tinubu had remained focused on revitalising the economy.
“While the opposition politicians have been going up and down to destabilize him, he has remained focused, and we are reaping the fruits of that visionary leadership.
“People are talking of a coalition. Tinubu, himself, is the coalition. All progressives, all APC members, prospective defectors, and all patriotic and forward-looking Nigerians are part of this winning Tinubu’s coalition,” he said.
The APC chieftain said that the magnetic force pulling prominent politicians and Nigerians to the ruling party is Tinubu’s clear show of courage, vision, and capacity to govern the nation.
