The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has accused the presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of
shutting down the Pld Parade Ground, Garki, Abuja, where Atiku Abubakar, its
presidential candidate, was supposed to use for a rally on Saturday.
In a statement on Friday, the
party said payment had been made and the venue had been secure until it was
told by officials managing the facility that there was an order that the
facility should not be used by Atiku.
The party accused President
Muhammadu Buhari of doing everything to stop Atiku but vowed to fight on.
“The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) decries the directive by the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives
Congress (APC)-led Federal Government to shut down the venue for its
Presidential campaign mega rally in Abuja billed for Saturday, as an act of
desperation,” the statement read.
“It may interest Nigerians to
know that the PDP duly paid and secured permission to host our mega rally at
the Old Parade Ground, in Garki Area of Abuja, only for the officials of the
facility to inform our party this morning that they have been “ordered” to shut
down the venue and frustrate our mega rally for no just cause.
“Such resort to self-help further
exposes the irredeemable insensitivity of the Buhari Presidency and the APC.
“The overwhelming popularity of
the peoples candidate, Atiku Abubakar, which points to an imminent crushing
defeat that awaits President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 16, Presidential
election has pushed the Buhari Presidency into a panic mode,” the party said in
a statement signed by Kola Ologbondiyan, its spokesman.
The opposition party alleged that
Buhari had become jittery over “spontaneous mammoth crowd of Nigerians at Atiku
Abubakar’s rallies across the country, leading to the desperation to frustrate
our rallies, resort to smear campaigns, vandalizing of our campaign materials
and denial of venues, in APC controlled states, as was the case in Kano state
recently”.
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