A lawyer and right activist, Deji Adeyanju, has urged the chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyochia Ayu, to make the party a strong and effective opposition platform.
In a letter titled: “An open demand to provide purposeful opposition and halt the sinking ship of governance’ he said the former Senate President should be mindful of his antecedent as an advocate of good governance, rule of law,and human rights.
Adeyanju lamented that since 2015, PDP has been aloof and thoroughly disillusioned while the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) continue to run the country aground.
He alleged that the opposition party has not adequately responded to the anti people policies of the government, adding that it has been lukewarm.
The letter reads in part: “We recall that in 2016, the PDP offered no resistance whatsoever while the government of t invaded the homes of our most revered judges, desecrated same and arrested our judges like common criminals.
“It is a testament to PDP’s weak position to note that none of these judges were ever convicted. They were rather humiliated for simply doing their jobs, ultimately resulting in the death of Honourable Justice Ngwuta.
“While Nigerians generally excused PDP’s hibernation and tied it to its humiliating defeat at the 2015 election, there were no excuses when the President repeatedly refused to sign the Electoral Act into law and PDP failed to galvanise the citizens towards a push for better electoral reforms, beginning with the signing of the Electoral Law.
“Smarting from bulldozing its way with anti-people’s policies, the government of the day began to systematically borrow money that generations unborn may not be able to pay up. Again, there was no resistance from the PDP.
“We also remember the numerous human rights abuses perpetuated by the government of the day and state agents, without even the least resistance by the PDP.
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