The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign
organisation says Kashim Shettima, former governor of Borno, is affected by
amnesia.
Dele Momodu, director of strategic communication of the PDP
presidential campaign, said this in a statement issued on Wednesday.
He was reacting to a recent comment made by Shettima, who is
the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
While speaking on Tuesday in Lagos, Shettima linked Atiku
Abubakar, presidential candidate of the PDP, to Raila Odinga, former Kenyan
prime minister, who has contested to be president multiple times but hasn’t
succeded.
The former governor of Borno also said Abubakar lacks the
capacity to lead Nigeria because he has not been able to unite the PDP.
Reacting in a statement on Wednesday, the PDP campaign said
Shettima is pointing fingers “at the specks in another man’s eyes while
studiously ignoring the giant logs in his own eyes”.
“We have watched in utter incredulity and amazement the
boldfaced speech made yesterday by the APC Vice Presidential candidate, Alhaji
Kashim Shettima, at an event in Lagos,” the statement reads.
“He alleged gleefully that the PDP Presidential candidate,
H.E Atiku Abubakar (GCON) cannot unite Nigeria when ‘he has not united his own
political party’.
“It is our belief that Alhaji Shettima, in a moment of
deliberate amnesia, must have tried to point fingers at the specks in another
man’s eyes while studiously ignoring the giant logs in his own eyes.
“The APC is in total disarray with prominent members of his
party openly apologizing to Nigerians for the unmitigated disaster it has
foisted on Nigeria since 2015. This is one of the reasons APC members have been
migrating in droves to PDP.
“It took almost forever for APC to achieve the simple task
of constituting its Presidential Campaign Council, due to the total lack of
unity in their party. It is very obvious that APC has become completely
rudderless and many self-respecting members are jumping ship and being
recovered by PDP.
“How can these APC
candidates ever unite Nigerians when they’ve shown open disdain for the
democratic and voting rights of certain ethnic groups within their domains?
“Everything about APC and its candidates has been shrouded
in secrecy and they are just unable to tell Nigerians the truth about anything.
How can Nigerians be expected to place their faith in such mysterious
characters?
“Alhaji Shettima alleged that Atiku Abubakar cannot be
trusted with the economy of Nigeria. No heresy could be worse than this.
Nigerians would want to know what businesses the APC candidates have managed
personally and successfully except living outlandishly on government booty and
largesse.
“How can APC be expected to guarantee the safety of lives
and properties when right under the watch of Alhaji Shettima as Governor of
Borno State, Boko Haram became an intractable menace and Nigeria is yet to
fully recover till this day?”
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