The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has lambasted the
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party LP, Mr Peter Obi over his call on
President Bola Tinubu to explain his identity to Nigerians, saying Obi’s
rhetorics are the broken voice notes of his fellow election loser and
Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
Spokesman of the APC, Felix Morka in a statement on
Wednesday night said like a befuddled mind jolted out of deep slumber, “Peter
Obi, Labour Party’s presidential candidate, hugged a podium to echo a script
authored by Atiku Abubakar, his senior partner and co-traveller on a dark
ignominious alley to nowhere”.
“At his press conference earlier today, Mr. Obi blathered on
about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s identity and academic record, like a broken
voice note of Atiku Abubakar, cutting a pitiful profile as though forced to
read a prepared statement by his unimaginative handlers, and mendacious
associates in the Peoples Democratic Party PDP”, he said.
Morka noted that unwilling to miss out in the orchestrated
campaign of calumny against President Bola Tinubu over his certificate from the
Chicago State University, Obi jumped on the tailboard of Atiku’s bandwagon to
satisfy his uncanny and insatiable thirst for cheap media attention, long after
his Labour Party had dissociated itself from a bogus call to action by the
former Vice President.
He said Obi in his drivel, demanded that the President
reintroduce himself to Nigerians, as though the 8.9 million Nigerians who voted
him last February were all groggy when they made their free democratic choice.
Part of the statement reads; “Mr Obi must know that
President Tinubu does not need a re-introduction. He does not have any identity
problem, except the one contrived by the Atikus and Peters of our political
firmament.
“The 8.9 million Nigerians who voted him into office were,
and remain, aware of his outstanding
record and accomplishments as a defender of democracy, freedom, social and
economic justice for over three decades. Nigerians know President Tinubu as a
thoroughbred professional and former auditor and treasurer of Mobil Nigeria,
now ExxonMobil.
“Nigerians know the President as a former Senator of the
Federal Republic where he served as Chairman of the influential Finance and
Appropriations Committee.
“They know him as a former Governor of Lagos State who
designed and paved the pathway to the growth and prosperity of present day
Lagos, the 5th largest economy in Africa.
“Nigerians know who they voted for as the 16th President and
Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. They voted for him with
full faith and confidence that his track record and wide competences would help
in the re-engineering of our country’s economy for the good of the greatest
number of Nigerians.
“In marked contrast, Nigerians have flatly and serially rejected Atiku
Abubakar, and denied Peter Obi’s presidential bid in the last election
election.
“Beyond regaling Nigerians with false and embarrassing
statistics for which he has gained notoriety, Peter Obi cannot be said to be
known for any outstanding performance as governor of Anambra State for eight
years with no worthy legacy standing to his name.
“As for President Tinubu’s academic record at the Chicago
State University, the facts are clear and settled except for those political
jaundiced by the trauma of electoral defeat.
“The Chicago State
University has unequivocally stated over and over again, and in a deposition,
under oath, by the Registrar, Caleb Westberg that President Tinubu attended the
school and graduated with Honours.
“Nigerians are now familiar with stellar academic
performance of President Tinubu as evidenced by his transcript as released by
the CSU with 18As, 10Bs and 3Cs grades.
“It is disturbing and utterly contemptuous of the courts of
our land for the duo of Atiku and Obi to rail and pollute the public space with
the very same issues that they have submitted to the court for adjudication.
They have continued to perpetrate public deception, operating, simultaneously,
as accusers and judges in their own base cause.
“We condemn the sordid and disgraceful attempt by Obi, Atiku
and their cheerleaders to use the mainstream and social media to intimidate the
judiciary, incite the public to violence, disparage Justices of the Appeal and
Supreme Court, and we urge all well meaning Nigerians to condemn this
anti-democratic and irresponsible conduct of both political naggers. For the
records, our team of lawyers stand advised to explore all available judicial
mechanisms towards bringing Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar to justice for their
ceaseless contemptuous conduct.
“In our democracy, the office of the President is not filled
by intimidation, blackmail or reckless self help. It is filled by the people,
by their lawful votes at the polls just as they did on February 25, 2023 when
they elected Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President and Commander in Chief of the Armed
Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”, APC added.
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