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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, on Saturday, accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of accepting defeat ahead of 2023 election.<\/p>\n

Keyamo said the PDP was desperately looking for a back-door route to power.<\/p>\n

He was reacting to a suit by the PDP asking an Abuja Federal High Court to invalidate the All Progressives Congress, APC, national convention.<\/p>\n

The minister advised the opposition party to be prepared to explain to Nigerians why APC has outscored them with the limited resources at its disposal.<\/p>\n

In a tweet, Keyamo wrote: \u201cSign of a Party already accepting defeat at the polls and desperately looking for a back-door route to power.<\/p>\n

\u201cPDP should get ready to meet Nigerians at the polls and explain why the APC\u2019s 7 years (with lesser resources) have outscored PDP\u2019s 16 years in infrastructural development.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former ruling party had filed the suit seeking to invalidate the outcome of APC\u2019s national convention.<\/p>\n

In the suit marked FHC\/ABJ\/CR\/389\/2022, the opposition party urged the court to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising or having any business whatsoever with the APC as a registered political party.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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