Hopes of Peoples Democratic Party members bidding their time before dumping the party for All Progressives Congress were dashed on Wednesday, as the APC formally shut its doors against such members joining its fold.
The party also enjoined members and leaders of the outgoing ruling party to stay where they are and rebuild their party, so that it can effectively play its new found role as the main opposition party.
It also admonished the PDP to come to terms with the “cold, hard reality” that its fortunes had since “plummeted” and that it was now in opposition.
The APC made its position public in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Abuja.
According to the statement, the leadership of the PDP is not even waiting to be approached before fleeing to the APC.
Mohammed said, “PDP leaders and members are falling over themselves shamelessly and swearing undying allegiance to the APC.
“Well, in case they did not get the message of the President-elect and our National Chairman, we want to repeat it in very blunt terms: PDP leaders and members, you are not welcome in APC.
“Please stay in your party, but if – as we suspect – you cannot survive in opposition, then, take a walk, quit politics”.
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