National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said despite the criticism of partisanship trailing President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war, the party owes nobody any apology. He told State House correspondents Monday night after a meeting with the National Working Committee (NWC) held with Buhari at the Villa, Abuja, that the party believes the rot must be cleansed without fear or favour.
Odigie-Oyegun was reacting to allegations that the anti-corruption war was targeted at the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to him, his party was not interested in a one-party state, saying the nation needs a constructive opposition.
“The APC is not in any way apologetic. We promised change and there is a lot of rot in the system. This must be cleansed and whoever and whatever ox is being gored, wherever the tree is going to fall, so, let it be. We must get used to the fact that in the process of cleansing this nation, there is going to be a lot of bullet to bite.
“The APC has not been in office at the national level in the last 10 to 16 years. So, the issue of whether somebody is PDP or not PDP does not arise. We have a nation to cleanse. The President has committed himself to that and we should support it whatever way it comes. We are not being apologetic about that at all.
“It has nothing to do with witch-hunting. It just happened that the dramatist personae of the period all happened to be on one side of the political divide. We have absolutely no intention to pressurise any group or any nation towards a one-party state. It is not in our interest so to do because we need a vibrant opposition.
“We need an opposition that will contribute constructively to national discourse, that will make us sit up and deliver to the people what we promised. But the task is enormous and if anybody is ready to help to discharge these responsibilities, he is most welcomed,” he said.
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