The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed confidence that Nigerians will oust the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the upcoming general elections, just as Ghanaians recently voted out the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The PDP spokesperson, Debo Ologunagba, issued this statement, drawing parallels between the political situation in Nigeria and Ghana.
On Monday evening, Ghana’s electoral commission announced the victory of John Mahama, the candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), in the country’s presidential election. Mahama, who previously served as Ghana’s president from 2012 to 2017, defeated Mahamudu Bawumia, the sitting vice president and NPP candidate. Mahama secured 6.3 million votes, representing 56.5% of the total votes cast.
Ologunagba described Mahama’s win as a powerful demonstration of citizens rising against oppressive policies and poor governance. He stated that a similar shift is inevitable in Nigeria, where public dissatisfaction with the APC has grown.
“The verdict of the people of Ghana in this presidential election is a signal to the APC that its days in office are numbered, as the power of the people in Nigeria, just like in Ghana, will surely prevail, end the APC’s oppressive rule, and return Nigeria to the path of good governance, security, political stability, and economic prosperity on the platform of the PDP in 2027.
“Also unacceptable to Nigerians is that our once-thriving nation, which ranked as a preferred destination for international foreign investment capital and one of the world’s fastest-growing economies under the PDP, has been brought to its knees by the APC with decayed infrastructure, a comatose economy, worsening insecurity, and social uncertainties occasioned by ill-conceived and ill-implemented macroeconomic policies.
“More distressing is that while Nigerians are subjected to harrowing hardship, APC leaders remain unconcerned and unaccountable, imposing harsh taxes and recklessly looting the nation’s treasury to finance their luxury appetites and consumption while arrogantly treating Nigerians as though they are a conquered people,” he said.
