BENIN CITY – The All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo state chapter, said it is a party of progressives and true democrats.
The APC said this in Benin City while addressing journalists through the state Treasure –Alhaji Saliu Momoh. Alhaji Momoh was reacting to statement credited the state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that party will win the 2016 governorship election in the state.
The APC treasurer said the PDP as a party was dreaming, saying day dreaming has always been their style.
“Do you see PDP again in this state? PDP is virtually gone. This is the last who are those in the state PDP that can form a strong opposition right now?
Even before June, almost all of them would have defected to the APC.
“I don’t see in the PDP both in the national and state levels those that are democrats or progressive that can stand as opposition” he said.
Alhaji Momoh, a former National Vice Chairman of the All Nigerian People Party (ANPP), said a look at the APC, reveals large number of progressives.  He said the APC has been in opposition without taking side with the ruling party because APC comprise of people that are committed to the cause of the party. “This group of people you cannot find in the PDP. “All you will find in PDP are fair weathered politicians and most of them are those that defected from the APC and 90 percent of them had defected back to the APC” he said. He added that there were no true democrats in the PDP and so do not have a viable structure to form an opposition.
The APC chieftain said APC however do not agitate for a one –party system. “The APC has been in opposition for 16 years and has never advocated for a one-party system. “PDP was the party that is collecting governance from the APC governor vibrant opposition is very important in a democracy” he said.