High Treason: APC, Presidency React As New PDP Chairman Calls On Trump For Help

 The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the call for foreign intervention by the new factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki.

Speaking to newsmen on Tuesday, November 18, after gaining access to the PDP secretariat in Abuja , following a prolonged standoff, the new PDP chairperson stated that Nigeria’s brand of democracy desperately needs help from countries like the US.

The PDP chairman said his appeal followed “actions of those undermining democracy and progress”.

Turaki said: “I want to call on President Trump; what is at stake is not just genocide against Nigerian Christians ."

He added: “He (Trump) should come and save democracy in Nigeria. Democracy is under threat. I’m calling on all other developed nations: come and save Nigeria, come and save democracy.”

APC slams PDP

But reacting to the trending video, Felix Morka, APC's national spokesperson, said Turaki's call is "reckless and unpatriotic".

The APC said: "For a man declared National Chairman barely 72 hours ago by a faction of his deeply fractured party, Turaki looked and sounded desperate, at his wit's end, confused, incoherent, and grossly lacking in stamina and capacity to manage his party's crisis".

Furthermore, the APC said it trusts the international community to dismiss the PDP's "disgraceful and unpatriotic call", branding it "a pitiful distraction from the failure of its internal democracy and embarrassing disintegration."

The ruling party said:"The heightened desperation of the PDP and other opposition leaders is now clear for all to see. Turaki's call shows how far they are willing to go, even to the extent of actively seeking destructive intervention of foreign powers on Nigerian soil in order to serve their sinister political agenda."

PDP chair committed treason' - Onanuga

In the same vein, Bayo Onanuga , one of the spokespersons to President Bola Tinubu, accused Turaki of committing "high treason".

Posting the video of Turaki seeking Trump's assistance, Onanuga wrote on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle:

"We shall never forget this video: the day a Nigerian politician committed high treason for calling for a foreign invasion of Nigeria, all because of intra-party dispute."