The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Nigerians to resist what it described as “anti-democratic” designs of the All Progressives Congress (APC), particularly the” plot to foist a despotic one-party regime in Nigeria”.
The party urged Nigerians in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, as the country celebrates Democracy Day on June 12.
It called on Nigerians to resist the alleged plot in the interest of the country’s democracy.
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) calls on Nigerians to use the occasion of the June 12 Democracy Day to re-awaken and strengthen their resistance to the anti-democratic designs of the All Progressives Congress (APC), particularly the plot to foist a despotic One-Party regime in Nigeria.
“The PDP urges Nigerians, Institutions of Democracy, Organized Civil Society, Development Partners and indeed all lovers of democracy to unite in speaking out against the stifling of democratic tenets of justice, the Rule of Law, free, fair, peaceful credible electoral process and the right of citizens particularly to freely participate in politics and governance in Nigeria.”