Progressives Congress national convention in
Lagos about a fortnight ago, which saw the
emergence of General Muhammadu Buhari
(retd.) as the presidential candidate of the party,
the APC has described the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, as a Janus-faced bumbling
party for engaging in what it called a serial
mudslinging against the party and its leaders.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, the party said the same PDP that has
been preaching issues-based electioneering
campaign has done nothing but mudslinging
against the person of Mr. Buhari, his running
mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), a national
leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
and indeed the entire APC.
Mr. Mohammed said the spokespersons for
President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP,
apparently stung into a stupor by the rancour-
free emergence of the party’s candidates for the
2015 general elections and the overwhelmingly
positive reactions from Nigerians, have thrown
caution and decency to the wind by their crude,
rude and rambling statements.
“What is issues-based in calling Gen. Buhari a
‘semi-literate jackboot’ as the PDP’s National
Secretary Wale Oladipo has incautiously said?
Where are the issues in the pejorative reference
to Prof. Osinbajo as an ‘acolyte’ of Tinubu, or in
describing Tinubu himself as a puppeteer, as the
PDP’s National Publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh
has said in the most vitriolic and irresponsible
statement that can ever be issued by the
spokesman of a ruling party anywhere?
“Where are the issues contained in the
statement by the serial bumbler and
gormandizer called Doyin Okupe, who regards
Mr. Buhari’s refusal to enrich himself from the
public till as a vice rather than a virtue? Why
would a ruling party go after the jugular of the
opposition simply because it took its time in
choosing its presidential running mate,
especially since it did not run foul of any
electoral law in doing so?
“The truth is that the Jonathan Presidency and
the PDP have no issues to canvass during the
electioneering campaign for the 2015 general
elections because they have wasted the mandate
given to them by Nigerians on the altar of
unprecedented corruption, incomprehensible
incompetence and cluelessness and perhaps the
worst leadership ever inflicted on our country”,
APC said.
The APC spokesman expressed delight that
Nigerians have taken it upon themselves to
respond to the PDP and its barbarians, especially
in the social media.
“ Had these philistines been monitoring the
reactions of Nigerians to the capricious
comments they have been making against the
person of Mr. Buhari and his party, they would
have desisted.
But then, they need to impress their paymasters.
It seems the more they pour invective on our
leaders and our party, the bigger their pay.
We wish them luck in their ludicrous pursuit
and shadow chasing”, it said.
The opposition party assured Nigerians that its
campaign for next year’s elections would be
based on how the party plans to restore hope to
the forlorn citizens, who have been taken for a
ride by the government they voted into power,
how Nigeria can be made great again and how
the comatose economy can be resuscitated, for
the benefit of all, rather than a few fat cats.
“ We are delighted at the increasing level of
political awareness among Nigerians and their
engagement in the political scene.
We believe Nigerians are more interested in
what the candidates for next year’s elections can
offer rather than on how much mudslinging they
can dish out.
In the end, Nigerians, who are the real masters,
will spot the difference!” the party said.
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