Rotimi Amaechi, the director
general of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation
(APCPCO), has challenged Peter Obi, vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to a public debate.
Speaking in Kano on Thursday,
Amaechi said Peter Obi lied about infrastructure and transportation, while
fielding questions from Kadaria Ahmed on the presidential town hall-style
debate.
“I need to address some important
issues, I’m addressing Nigerians, not just Kano indigenes; I speak today as a
Catholic Christian. I speak with responsibility as a former governor of Rivers
state, and former chairman of the governors’ forum.
“I have told my friend and my
former deputy, his excellency Peter Obi, that the moment you climb the post of
governor, you must deal with facts and figures, you must not lie to the people
lead.”
Amaechi said Peter Obi lied by
saying that former president Goodluck Jonathan had released money for all the
rail projects completed by the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
“It is not correct from what my
friend and former colleague said that the former government of president
Goodluck Jonathan had paid all the money for the railway, before we came. It is
not correct,” Amaechi said.
“If they had paid all the money
the contractors would have completed the job, why didn’t they complete it in
their regime? We are looking for $500 million to complete all the airports, it
is not correct that they had finished payment for the Abuja-Kaduna rail.
“As a former governor and a
vice-presidential candidate, we expect that Peter must work with figures, he
could have come to my office and ask for those figures, we would have given to
him.
“He is also not correct that the
Lagos-Ibadan was also there. We had to borrow money to fix the Lagos-Ibadan,
there is a need for them not to deceive Nigerians. That project was initiated
by us, paid for through the loan we got from China Exim bank.
“So the statement yesterday by my
friend, governor Peter Obi is not correct, and if he wants it, I am ready to
open a debate with him, with facts and figures and documents to show that he is
not correct.
“I am open for a debate tomorrow
morning; anytime any day. I am open for a debate on Sunday, he and I are
Catholics, in the church, let him tell me where he’ll worship, I’d worship
there, and let us open the debate on whether he is right or wrong.”
He said it important to tell
Nigerians the truth, and not distort reality.
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Enter your comment...That is the only good thing PDP is good in doing propaganda from the pit of hell only God will deliver Nigeria and Nigerians from their evil conspiracy.
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ReplyDeleteWhy is it difficult for u to say total project cost is this and Jonathan paid this and we have paid this to discredit Obi's claim? Bros talk another thing we are all ears.
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