The Deputy Whip in Nigeria’s Senate, Senator Francis Alimikhena has flayed the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and those criticizing the moves and activities of the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, in his bid to reposition the party ahead of the 2019 general election.

According to statement released by his media aide, Mr. Benjamin Atu, in Benin-City, Edo State on Tuesday, Senator Alimikhena said the attacks on Oshiomhole by the high and mighty in PDP was because they have been jittery since his emergence as National Chairman of the ruling party.

“The gale of defections from the PDP to the APC is just the beginning, it has not ended yet. Many more are warming up to dump the PDP and the opposition party is aware that they will suffer serious depletion ahead of the 2019 general election.

“President Muhammadu Buhari has offered a clean break from the corruption that characterized the PDP government which laid siege to leadership of the nation by enriching themselves against the overall benefit of Nigerians.

“The APC administration has come as a long awaited saviour to deliver the nation from poor leadership. President Buhari has broken the grip and jinx of inequality which had closed leadership opportunity against Nigerian youths and women in the previous years.

“President Buhari and Oshiomhole are not the problems of the PDP, rather PDP has made it difficult for good governance to thrive due to their ruthless rule in past years.

“All the issues in the vendetta against the Buhari administration were all carry over from the PDP administration that misruled Nigeria since the inception of democracy before President Buhari’s emergency to rescue the nation.

“All malicious utterances against the President and APC National Chairman are propagated by those who ought to hide their faces in shame but rather are not hiding their faces but raising their voices in arrogance to demand for another opportunity and right to return the nation to the era of rampage and wasteful spending without respect for God, humanity and morality,” the statement said.

The 70-year-old Alimikhena, who represents Edo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly added that the APC was committed to putting the nation back on track to catch up with the rest of the world in science and technology, infrastructure, democracy and good governance.