Since defeating the People's Democratic Party, PDP in the last Presidential election, the All Progressives Congress, APC are yet to give Nigerians a reason to believe that voting them to power in the last election was never a mistake.
The hard conditions currently facing the country since the APC came to power, and Buhari's seemingly inability to come up with worthwhile solutions to the many challenges confronting the country and inflicting pains on the masses, the APC surely has given the PDP the hope of reclaiming power come 2019.
However, the ruling Party being conscious of the dwindling fortune of its electoral value as a result of a combination of several factors, the leadership of the ruling party has resorted to several methods in a desperate attempt to shore up its waning acceptability.
From blaming the last administration for the multifarious woes of the country, to cajoling Nigerians to show greater understanding with government, the APC had some months ago took to warming Nigerians saying there was no Vacancy in Aso Rock in 2019, ostensibly sending a message to the rival PDP that the challenges being faced by government was not enough reason for the PDP to begin to nurse an ambition of a possible comeback.
But that was the message that the National Vice chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Cairo Ojuogboh needed to remind the APC that it was just but a temporary tenant in Aso Rock Presidential Villa, as the seat of government traditionally belongs to the PDP and it would take it back from the All Progressive Congress in 2019.
According to Dr Ojuogboh, not minding the mistakes that the PDP made in the run up to the elections which deprived it of the mandate of Nigerians, both the APC and President Buhari have demonstrated that they were not prepared to rule because they had nothing to offer.
According to the PDP chieftain, “We want to caution that statements of impunity such as there is no vacancy in Aso Rock in 2019 is not only fallacious but also should be completely discarded because there is vacancy in Aso Rock in 2019 and the PDP will take back our property in 2019. We are the owners of Aso Rock and we are going back there in 2019. I say so because it is very obvious that Buhari and APC are not prepared to rule. They are wallowing in serious darkness trying to find its feet but we in the PDP are ready and appealing to Nigerians that come 2019, they should give us a second chance to correct our negligence that made us lose election in 2015. We are working assiduously to take over in 2019” he said.
There is no doubt that Nigerians were frustrated and disappointed by the seeming failure of sixteen years of the PDP. But if the APC fail to provide workable solutions to the problems created by the PDP rule, it may unwittingly be giving Nigerians reasons to think that PDP deserves a second chance.
