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The All Nigeria
Peoples Party (ANPP) is to form alliance with other parties against the
ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming general
elections.

The ANPP chairman,
Ogbonnaya Onu, disclosed this yesterday when the national chairmen of
16 opposition parties visited the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.

Mr. Onu, who
criticised the PDP for giving Nigerians poor leadership in the last 12
years, said if the ANPP collaborate with the other parties, Nigerians
will have the desired change they are yearning for.

“By the time they
see us, they will know that something is happening in Nigeria and that
people are ready for change. Let us never doubt what we can achieve if
we work together. The time has come for change in Nigeria, and we are
the apostles of that change,” Mr. Onu said.

The ANPP national
chairman said that most of the problems confronting the country are
self-inflicted and can be solved, saying “we are asking Nigerians to
give us the opportunity to lead the country. If one party (PDP) has
failed the nation, there are 62 other parties.”

He told the
delegation not to look at the party’s past, and stated that its new
national executive, headed by himself, is poised to provide the
required leadership , not only in providing Nigerians with an
alternative government, but also to ensure that the general elections
are transparent.

Earlier, the leader
of the delegation, Maxi Okwu, had challenged the ANPP to provide
quality leadership for the opposition groups to ensure that Nigeria
does not become a one-party state, which he said could truncate the
nation’s democracy.

“I believe that
ANPP should go back. When you have one way rule, democracy will die.
Try to energise your party, we urge you to do more,” he said.

“The next contest
must be a clear contest. If PDP is on one goal post, please come and
help us to man the other goal post. Democracy must grow, and we must
make it grow,” Mr. Okwu said.

Mr. Okwu, who is
also the national chairman of the tCitizens Peoples Party (CPP), said
the chairmen of the political parties have a common platform on which
they interact and ensure that the country’s democracy does not suffter.
According to him, the former caretaker chairman of the ANPP, Governor
Ali Modu Sherriff of Borno State had accepted to lead the forum, but
left the office before he could do so.

Among the parties
whose chairman were at the event were Liberal Democratic Party;United
Nigeria Peoples Party ; Alliance for Democracy; Mass Movement
Progressive Party ; Change Advocay Party; Nigerian Masses Progressive
Party; Action Alliance; and Peoples Progressive Party. The others were
Movement for Democracy and Justice ; Action Party of Nigeria; Nigerian
Peoples Congress ; Republican Party of Nigeria; United National Party
for Development; Masses Movement of Nigeria; and Citizens Peoples Party
.