FORMER Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Kwara State, John Dara, has described the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a blessing in disguise for the PDP in the state.

According to him, this is so because the APC has taken away from the PDP all the undemocratic politicians.

Dara, who stated this in an interview with reporters in Ilorin, the state capital, said because of the alleged undemocratic attitude of people who now parade themselves as APC leaders, including former governors, many members of the PDP had left the party out of frustration. He said the former governor led the party with alleged overbearing arrogance, which many people did not find encouraging and endurable.

He said the exit of the former governor from the PDP offered an opportunity for the aggrieved erstwhile members of the party to return to it to rebuild it alongside their former colleagues and those newly joining the party.

Dara said the unity rally the PDP held in Ilorin on Monday and attended by President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo, Senate President David Mark and some PDP governors, as well as the national executives of the party present, was a signal that the party in the state has grown greater and ready to take over the state government by 2015.

He said Kwara State, which was created in 1967, has been stagnant in the last 13 years in term of economic and infrastructural developments.

To him, the journey of the state to freedom from misrule commenced with the Monday rally, assuring that the PDP will lead the state to attainment of the freedom by 2015. Dara expressed confidence that the party would win the year's governorship election.

The politician said the PDP would have its current members multiplied in about four folds by the time it mobilises for its membership registration later in the year.
He faulted the over 370,000 figure of members APC quoted after its membership registration in the state, arguing that the party did not register up to 100,000 people as members.