While there is verbal war, between the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari's ascension to power has spurred a new phenomenon, intra-party wrangling in the new opposition party. On the one hand, the PDP is accusing the APC of high-handedness, selective justice, persecution and intimidation of its members, all in an effort to maintain power beyond 2019. On the other hand, forces within the party are at one another's throat as to where the party should stand, especially in respect to national discourse.
While some members, who were probably side-lined at the height of re-election bid of former president Goodluck Jonathan, clearly see Buhari's anti-graft initiative as a good omen, others, who allegedly made fortunes during the last elections, view the move as vendetta and a clear show of force by the APC government ahead of future polls. The cases of alleged graft by the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, PDP's national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh and many others have remained a prominent reference point for opposition leaders.
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