Unite to Defeat ‘Evil’ APC Has Become, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim Urges Nigerians

Chuks Okocha in Abuja

A presidential hopeful, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has called on Nigerians across political, ethnic, and religious divides to unite and rescue the country from what he described as “the evil that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has become.”

In a statement, yesterday, Olawepo-Hashim accused the ruling party of wrecking Nigeria’s economy, deepening poverty, and dividing the nation along ethnic and religious lines.

“Nigerians must unite to defeat the evil that the APC has come to represent, regardless of party affiliations, ethnic differences, or religion. The mindless policies of increased poverty, high inflation, and economic decline are ravaging all Nigerians equally, without asking whether you are Christian, Muslim, or animist,” he said.

He lamented that the APC decade-long rule had shrunk the economy and ballooned national debt to unprecedented levels.

His words: “APC’s ten years of consistently wrong policies have wrecked our national economy.  They contracted our GDP from $574 billion in 2014 to less than $259 billion today—a disaster unparalleled in our economic history.

“The APC ballooned our national debt from N12 trillion at the end of 2014 to about N198 trillion now—an increase of over 1,500%. That is economic vandalism.”

On insecurity, Hashim decried what he described as the “complete breakdown of law and order” under the APC administration.

“At the security front, the nation is bleeding profusely. From kidnapping to terrorism, no part of the country is safe. We cannot stop insecurity unless we send the APC out of power,” he warned, adding that the crisis had crippled agriculture, discouraged investment, and worsened economic hardship.

The PDP stalwart urged Nigerians to reject divisive politics, insisting that hunger, poverty, and unemployment affected all citizens equally.

“Hunger has no tribe. Poverty has no religion. The evil is one, and so must our response be,” he said, appealing to opposition leaders to unite around common goals, especially electoral reform and transparent governance.