The All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos State Chapter has said nothing will happen if opposition parties did not make it to the ballot in forthcoming elections.
The ruling party stated this in response to the festering crisis and internal wranglings going in the ADC and PDP and other several opposition parties.
In a statement on Tuesday by its spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, said “democracy is governed by laws and institutional procedures, not by sentiment, entitlement, or alarmist propaganda,” the statement said.
According to the APC, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) works within its mandates, adding that following electoral guidelines is compulsory for all political parties.
It said parties that did not meet stipulated requirements should just accept their fate like that, adding that “compliance is not optional. Any political party that fails to meet stipulated requirements must bear the full consequences of its own actions.”
The Lagos APC recalled that during the 2019 general elections, it was excluded from participating in elections in Zamfara and Rivers states due to legal and procedural errors, saying no political party is above the law and that electoral sanctions are not peculiar to any one party.
Referring to the ADC, the APC said “it is disingenuous for a faction-ridden opposition party to externalise blame and attempt to cast the ruling party as a scapegoat for what are clearly self-inflicted wounds,” the statement said.
