The leadership of the opposition movement in Nigeria under the auspice of the Mega Summit Movement (MSM) has described the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP as a failed political party led by puppets, stating that the current presidential logjam created by distrust in its presidency has finally exposed the party as very unreliable and weak.
Head of Secretariat of MSM, Olawale Okunniyi made this in a statement issued in Abuja at the weekend through a routine message used to contact teams of MSM in the six geo political zones of the federation. The movement said it is anticipating early general elections in November 2010.

The brief to zonal canvassers of MSM stated that one of the steps already taken by the movement is to convene two caucus meetings this week in Abuja and Lagos respectively to settle for a popular name and structure for the new party after which the group will hold the proposed National Leaders’ Summit in conjunction with similar ideological platforms at the end of March.
Okunniyi also disclosed that similar consultations are being held with the National Democratic Movement set up by Buhari, Atiku and Bafarawa and the leadership of labour, among others to find a common ground for social democrats and leaders of conscience in the nation.
The mega party scribe however took a swipe on the Peoples’ Democratic Party for its inability to nip in the bud the current presidential confusion foisted on the country by its presidency as a prove of its claims to be the largest party in Africa.
He said, “The PDP like some other parties in the current democracy is not a real political party, where party supremacy, discipline and internal democracy reign. Given weak party structure and power of patronage, PDP public officers, also at states levels, impose party leaders and order them around like robots. The result is the clique rule, which presently hold sway in Nigeria.”
He concluded by saying the leadership of the new mega party is very vigilant to ensure that the party is mass based and in clear ideological distinctions to all that PDP represents in the polity, affirming that the leadership will not allow any clique under any guise to hijack the new party.
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