The campaign office of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, of lacking the capacity to articulate his plans for Nigerians, saying during his electioneering in 35 states, Mr. Buhari spoke for only 57 minutes.
The spokesperson of the campaign, Femi Fani-Kayode, who addressed a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, said on the contrary, President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP has given a good account of himself, using the campaign platform to “brilliantly articulate and showcase his sterling achievements and to place on the table those projects and programmes he intends to execute and/or implement once his mandate is renewed”.
He said Mr. Buhari has not been able to seize the moment to do the same.
“General Buhari has attended 35 or thereabouts state rallies and in all the rallies put together, he has spoken for only 57 minutes,” he said, adding that the longest time the former Head of state spoke in any single rally was for 2 minutes and 13 seconds, while the shortest was one minute.
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“He has used his so-called speeches for nothing but political demagoguery, charging his supporters with a clenched fist and spreading hate speech (with his supporters chanting ‘sai Buhari’) which is symptomatic of a violent character.
“It drives home the point that General Buhari has nothing to say and if he has anything to say, he simply does not know how to say it. That explains why he keeps running from debates even when choice platforms are offered,” Mr. Fani-Kayode said.
Fani-Kayode also rejected reports that the PDP and Mr. Jonathan were planning to have this month’s election postponed.
He also dismissed claims by the spokesperson of the APC, Lai Mohammed, that the PDP are planning an Interim Government.
“These allegations are disingenuous, tenuous and shameful.
Rather than elevate the APC, this resort to mendacity and scaremongering further reduces them to a gang of desperadoes seeking power by all means and simply for the sake of it.
“This is because it is common knowledge that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria does not provide for the Interim National Government contraption that the APC talks about,” he said.
He also said only the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC could postpone the polls.
“We wish to state that our party, the PDP and our government under President Jonathan, do not superintend over electoral processes and elections in this country.
“There is an independent election body in place-the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) under the chair of Professor Attahiru Jega. It is within the purview of INEC to make decisions about the holding and/or postponement of elections.
“It is not within the functions of the PDP or the Federal Government. We take exception to the fact that they keep on making this allegation deliberate.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Femi spoke on Buhari more than he should have said to promote his principal. He is not frugal hireling.
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