With Wike and Fayose, PDP is now like a children's party - founding member Idahosa gives verdict

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- Chief Charles Idahosa laments that the PDP which is supposed to be a major opposition party is now like one handled by children

- Idahosa, a founding member of the PDP, wondered that the party is now led by the likes of Nyesom Wike, Ayo Fayose and Uche Secondus

- He admits the APC has internal crises, but expresses optimism in Bola Tinubu

A founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Charles Idahosa, has described the former ruling political organisation as one now dominated by children and incapable of playing its role as a major opposition.

Idahosa, now a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former political adviser to ex-governor Adams Oshiomhole described the situation as unfortunate saying that the party which was formed by the likes of Chief Alex Ekwueme, Solomon Lar and other statesmen is now under the control of Nyesom Wike, Ayo Fayose and Uche Secondus.

Daily Independent reports that Idahosa however lamented the crisis in the APC, but expressed optimism and confident in the reconciliatory team led by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to unite the party ahead of the 2019 election will carry out the task successfully.

“As far as I am concerned, the PDP is not tough anymore and is not playing its role as Nigeria’s major opposition party.

“Can you imagine a PDP that is being headed by a Wike, Fayose and Secondus, a party that was formed by the statesmen like Alex Ekwueme, Solomon Lar. The party is now like a children’s party.

“But the APC itself we are not putting our house in order. We cannot hold meetings, no conventions, no programmes, everybody is just stuck.

“I think Tinubu is a very smart person. In my last interview, I said I am tired of talking about John Oyegun and his leadership of the party.

“Look at all these things. If we had a party and national working committee yet there is no cohesion.”

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“Today, they are pursuing (Bukola) Saraki, DSS is fighting EFCC and this is the same presidency. These are things PDP used to do in their heydays which they called ‘a family affair’.

"Anyone telling you all is well in APC is just deceiving himself and I hope Tinubu will be able to bring everyone together on board,” he said.

NAIJ.com earlier reported that the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday, February 11 called on President Muhammadu Buhari to quit as the minister of petroleum resources and allow competent hands to manage its affairs and solve the current fuel crisis.

PDP national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement in Abuja described as unpardonable, the failure of the Buhari-led administration to resolve its inflicted unabated fuel crisis, which has brought untold hardship to Nigerians, Nigerian Tribune reports.

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