Former governorship candidate of the Ogun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Showunmi, has declared that the opposition party will not die and is much more mature than the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in dealing with governance issues.
According to a report by Naija News, Shaunmi appeared on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Wednesday and rejected suggestions that the PDP is not performing well in its role as an opposition party.
Before coming to power, the PDP leader condemned the APC’s oppositional stance, stressing that people cannot expect the PDP to play the opposition in a way that takes away the Nigerian market.
According to Shaunmi, playing the opposition is having a different perspective on the policies of the ruling party, which the PDP is, and playing the opposition includes lying about the country and making it ungovernable. argue that it should not be done.
he said: “The nonsense they (APC) are doing by bringing people to the streets every day, humiliating the country, running around the country’s market for sale, denying Jonathan the purchase of arms to fight insecurity; Are you thinking about how to run a country?
“We (PDP) are much more mature than they are because we understand what it means to protect Nigeria’s territorial integrity and brand values. We don’t go out of our way to deprive this country of the market like they do.” ”
Speaking further, Mr. Shonmi, who is one of the aspirants for the post of national president of the party, maintained that the party will never die despite the current leadership crisis.
He further added, “PDP is this PDP. PDP is that. Who killed it? A party that didn’t die when Obasanjo tore his cards, a party that didn’t die when Jonathan resigned, a party that didn’t die for many years. will die someday, but PDP will not.”
