- The PDP says President Muhammadu Buhari is not preparing to stand elections in 2019
- The party says the president and his party are banking on their plots with INEC to rig the elections instead
- The party queried why the APC is yet to constitute a campaign council 61 says to the election
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the fact that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to constitute his campaign council or developed a clear-cut campaign blueprint, 61 days to the February presidential election, is an indication that he is not preparing to stand elections.
According to the PDP, Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have failed to set up a campaign structure, “because they are banking on their plots with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), under Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to manipulate the electoral process and rig for them.”
This was contained in a statement sent to Legit.ng on Sunday, December 16 by the national publicity secretary of the party, Kola Ologbodiyan.
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Part of the statement read: “It is clear that President Buhari has been overwhelmed over his rejection by a vast majority of Nigerians, who are bearing the brunt of his incompetent and corrupt administration; that is why he cannot articulate any campaign message after the failed launch of his copied and widely spurned “Next Level” mantra.
“All over the world, patriotic and obligated leaders, who are seeking (re-) elections, go to the electorate to canvass for votes with their messages and solutions.
“But our President and the APC have been busy procuring phony endorsements, harassing and intimidating opposition leaders, compromising the electoral body to create illegal voting centers, delaying election budgets and holding the process to ransom by refusing to sign amendments to the Electoral Act that eliminate avenues for rigging.
“President Buhari, who is already reputed to have wrecked our once robust economy, crippled our critical sectors, entrenched corruption at the high places, and whose administration has dangerously divided our nation with escalated violence and daily bloodletting, is seeking re-election with no solution to offer on any critical sector of our economy.
“Mr. President has nothing to offer on security; he has no message on education, agriculture, health, energy, power, employment, manufacturing and other key sectors, which he wrecked in the last three and half years.
“Instead of seeking ways to make amends, President Buhari, ostensibly out of frustration over his rejection and imminent electoral defeat in 2019, has arrogantly told Nigerians to be ready to face more suffering and hardship in the remaining part of his tenure.”
He said the PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, “are working hard, campaigning across the country and offering solutions,” adding that, “we have continued to receive overwhelming support from majority of Nigerians, ahead of the 2019 general elections.”
“It is instructive for President Buhari and APC to note that they cannot have their way, as Nigerians are determined in their resolve to resist any attempt by the APC to rig in this election,” he concluded.
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Meanwhile, a clergy man, has predicted that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will regret nominating President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office.
Professor Daddy Hezekiah, the Chancellor of Hezekiah University, Umudi in Imo state, who is also founder of Living Christ Mission Church, opined that, given the performance of the ruling party, the APC should have presented an alternative to Nigerians for the 2019 presidential election.
According to him, the president had disappointed the citizens, stressing that Buhari had not done things to improve the economy and the country’s infrastructure.
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