The All Progressives Congress (APC) will not to be distracted from its focus of delivering its campaign promises to Nigerians in spite of the numerous challenges, John Akpanudoedehe, said in a statement on Tuesday

Mr. Akpanudoedehe who is the Secretary of APC Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) was reacting to a statement credited to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that Nigerians wanted it back in government.

He described the statement as laughable.

“The APC has noted yet with concern the tales and ramblings by PDP issued as a statement, which to all discerning members of the public is full of sounds and fury, signifying nothing.

“It is our belief that Nigerians should be spared the trauma of a reminder of the disaster of PDP’s 16 years of misadventure in government.

“The PDP should allow Nigerians to forgive it for the numerous transgressions and agony it put them through many years of misrule which the national chairman publicly apologised to Nigerians.

“We would ordinarily have allowed PDP to wallow in its usual illusion, since its descent from power in 2015,” Mr. Akpanudoedehe said.

He said that the APC was, however, constrained to set records straight because issues raised by PDP bordered on collective sensibilities of Nigerians.

He said that Nigerians have consistently and resoundingly proven in two consecutive cycles of general elections as well as other off cycle elections, their outright rejection of the PDP.

This, Mr. Akpanudoedehe said, made the preference and endorsement of the APC by Nigerians as the party of choice obvious.

“The PDP’s ranting reminds us of its ignominious era where crude oil was sold at an average of 100 dollars per barrel for a consecutive period of four years,” he said.

He said that Nigeria got an excess of at least 30 dollars per barrel above budget benchmark by raking in surplus revenue with nothing to show for it.

“Going by the cankerworm of revelations after the descent of PDP, the CBN’s vault was thrown open and virtually abandoning professionalism where individuals drove in to cart away raw cash.

“Billions of naira meant for arms importation was reportedly discovered in private jets belonging to allies of the then government in faraway South Africa, by the South African authorities.

“Billions of dollars reportedly budgeted for the importation of arms to fight terrorism, particularly Boko Haram terrorists, ended up in private accounts of politicians and their cronies which was infestation of the Dasukigate scandal,” he said.

Akpanudoedehe said the PDP was playing to the gallery in an attempt to play deniability and take away the gaze of Nigerians from the remarkable strides of the Buhari-led APC administration.

He added that the Buhari administration inherited an empty treasury, saying that the global decline in oil prices in 2014, significantly affected its well laid out plans for development.

He further added that in spite of the challenges, the administration was building blocks for a virile and sustainable Nigeria, economically and agriculturally and building strong institutions.

He said that the Treasury Single Account (TSA) has successfully curbed excesses of government officials who may be prone to graft. Peoples Gazette has however uncovered cases of sleaze among top functionaries in Buhari’s administration.