The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned what it described as a reckless and unpatriotic call for foreign intervention in Nigeria by factional Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Tanimu Turaki.
Turaki, while addressing journalists in Abuja on the ongoing leadership crisis within the PDP, had urged foreign powers to intervene in Nigeria to halt what he termed “Christian genocide” and to protect the nation’s democracy.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, said Turaki’s comments pose a serious threat to Nigeria’s sovereignty and national security.
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Morka said the PDP leader, who was declared chairman by a faction just 72 hours earlier, “looked and sounded desperate, confused, and lacking in the capacity to manage his party’s crisis.”
He noted that Nigerians had expected Turaki to immediately begin reconciliation efforts within the PDP, rather than call for external military intervention.
“Instead, his first official act was a call for foreign invasion of Nigeria as a solution to the self-inflicted crisis of his party. That is as shameless as it is dangerous,” the APC spokesperson said.
Morka criticised Turaki’s comments as an admission of the PDP’s failure to manage its internal divisions and a reflection of the opposition party’s “embarrassing disintegration.”
He added that even during the PDP’s 16 years in power, when the party “ruthlessly suppressed” opposition groups, it never resorted to inviting foreign armies into the country as a solution to political disagreements.
The ruling party urged the international community to disregard what it called a “disgraceful appeal” motivated by political desperation.
Morka further called on Nigerians to remain steadfast behind the APC and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
He said the government remains committed to “building progress and prosperity in all areas of national life.”
