The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman Dr Bamanga Tukur that only Nigerians can decide whether or not President Goodluck Jonathan will rule the country beyond 2015.

The APC described Tukur's claim that the President will rule till 2019 as nothing but an empty boast aimed at ingratiating himself to the president.

 In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party also asked the PDP chairman to back up his statement that it is time for Nigerian youths to take over the reins of power, by first stepping down from his post to pave the way for the younger generation.

 It reminded Tukur that one of his predecessors once boasted, in another euphoric moment, that the PDP will rule for 60 years, only for him to leave office in disgrace shortly thereafter.

 ''There is nothing on ground to justify Tukur's empty boast beyond the PDP's rigging machine, which is again being oiled in readiness for 2015, going by the bare-faced vote stealing and unbridled brigandage that the party exhibited in the recent by-election in Delta Central Senatorial District," it said.

APC ready to receive G-7 PDP governors

Meanwhile, the APC will welcome into its fold the seven governors who are having a conflict with their party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if they decide to join the party.

The Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known yesterday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.