Kashim Shettima, vice-presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did not
read the country’s mood before deciding on its presidential candidate.
By electing Iyorchia Ayu — who is from the north — as its
national chairman, the PDP was expected to pick a presidential candidate from
the south.
However, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar — also from
the north — clinched the party’s ticket.
Speaking on Friday at the unveiling ceremony of the APC presidential manifesto, Shettima said the PDP’s “presidential dream” is a “televised national circus”.
“His excellency,
President Muhammadu Buhari, proved to us once again that his integrity will
never be on the shelf for any self-serving bidder, and his moral principle set
in motion a chain of events that led to the consolidation of national
interests, that paved the way for Asiwaju’s emergence as the presidential
flagbearer,” he said.
“Unfortunately, the leading opposition party set out to
exploit the nation’s rotational arrangement and refused to read the national
mood. And this has long backfired, and turned their presidential dream into a
televised national circus.
“A presidential candidate that cannot put his own political
house in order cannot aspire to lead the nation.”
He added that the APC has performed well and has the
capacity to continue on the path of sustainable development.
“In just a few years, the APC has become a political
paragon, bringing much older political organisations to their knees. This
couldn’t have been possible without you, this beautiful village of progressive
ideologues,” he said.
He added that with Tinubu, “Nigerians have found in the APC
a Moses that will lead them to the promised land”.
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