The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization,
PPCO, has challenged the co-Chairman of the APC Presidential Campaign
Council, “Bola Tinubu, to explain his role in the President Muhammadu
Buhari Presidency cabal” that has “crippled our nation’s economy.”
PPCO dares Tinubu to respond to allegations that he agreed to lead
Buhari’s campaign team, following alleged “threats by agents of the
Buhari Presidency to expose and prosecute him for corruption allegations
and not because he believes in the propriety of President Buhari’s
re-election.”
A statement by PPCO spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan said “It is very
unfortunate that at the time Nigerians, across the board, are boldly
jettisoning their personal interests and joining in the quest to rescue
our nation from President Buhari’s incompetent, corrupt, divisive and anti-people regime, a leader of Asiwaju’s status is chasing personal interests and self-preservation.
“Nigerians can recall how Asiwaju in January 2018, at the 15th Annual
Daily Trust Dialogue rejected the Buhari administration’s nepotism,
incompetence, corrupt oil subsidy regime; blamed it for the high-level
of poverty in our country and urged Nigerians to be guided by their conscience in electing leaders in the 2019 general elections.
“Berating the Buhari administration, Asiwaju held that “too much
political and economic power resides in the hands of too few. This
result in a society described by too much unemployment, inadequate
infrastructure, too little food, yet too much poverty.”
“Asiwaju had also rightly posited that, under President Buhari, “rather
than becoming a joyous nation, Nigeria has become a cruel playground
where the fears and concerns of the average person get exploited but
their interests never get promoted.”
“He then concluded by urging Nigerians to follow their conscience in
the 2019 elections by resisting “unthinking passions and old
prejudices”, which is the hallmark of President Buhari’s re-election
campaign.
“The question Nigerians are asking now is, what has suddenly changed
in President Buhari’s leadership style to warrant Asiwaju’s full circle
turn.
“Nigerians have seen that Asiwaju’s involvement in Buhari 2019
campaign is not motivated by any national or even regional interests but
by personal reasons far from the general good.
“While we understand the frustration being faced by Asiwaju in this
unfortunate task of marketing a rejected product, we caution him to be
careful not to allow the ill-fated Buhari Presidency to destroy whatever
is left of the respect he has earned among Nigerians, who have already
made up their minds to rally behind the PDP Presidential candidate,
Atiku Abubakar, as the next President of Nigeria.
“Asiwaju, by now, would have noted how Nigerians berate him whenever
he lends himself as a tool in the hands of the Buhari Presidency to cast
aspersions on Atiku Abubakar.
“We, therefore, counsel Asiwaju to be mindful of his status in the
pantheon of leaders and note that he is not with Nigerians in his new
enterprise, for which he now needs to clear his name over alleged
involvement in the anti-people cabal at the Buhari Presidency.
“We also want to caution Tinubu on his penchant for making unsubstantiated allegations against our candidate, Atiku Abubakar.”
PPCO insisted that the former Lagos State governor has “no moral
rectitude upon which he can stand to make allegations against Atiku.
“He should control his emotions and ensure that he desists from
making frivolous allegations against Atiku Abubakar, whom Nigerians have
resolved to elect as President, come 2019,” the statement added.
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