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.
“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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