Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has called out the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over its recent statement on the state of the nation.
This comes after the largest opposition party warned that the state of the nation could drive Nigerians to do repeat the event of October 2020.
But in a statement, Adesina condemned the PDP for predicting a “nationwide agitation” worse than the October 2020 #EndSARS protests.
According to Adesina, the PDP would finally collapse if they fail to win the elections in 2023 as has been predicted by former presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
Adesina pointed out that the statement from the PDP came less than 24 hours after the Department of State Services (DSS) made a claim about certain governors plotting to undermine democracy in the country, according to Daily Post.
The presidential adviser wondered how a political party, which claims to be patriotic should threaten its country with anarchy, social upheaval, and disorderliness.
Adesina said that this could be because the main opposition party was still suffering from the hangover of being yanked from power in 2015.
He advised the PDP to rather work for harmony and cohesion in the country, instead of allegedly plotting or encouraging ‘agitation worse than October 2020 EndSARS.’
“EndSARS signified murder, mayhem, mass destruction, even cannibalism. PDP now wishes Nigeria something worse,” he said.
“A presidential aspirant of the PDP has warned that the party would die by 2023 unless it wins the number one position in the country.
“And die, it would if the party wishes the country nothing except something worse than EndSARS,” he added.