The
All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the People’s Democratic
Party, PDP, as a Janus-faced bumbling party for engaging in a serial
mudslinging against the APC and its leaders, especially in the
aftermath of its hugely successful national convention in which
Muhammadu Buhari was elected as the APC’s presidential candidate.
In
a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity
Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said the same PDP that has been
preaching issues-based electioneering campaign has done nothing but
mudslinging against the person of Mr. Buhari, his running mate, Yemi
Osinbajo, our leader Bola Ahmed Tinubu and indeed the entire APC.
It
said the spokespersons for President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP,
apparently stung into a stupor by the rancour-free emergence of the
party’s candidates for the 2015 general elections and the overwhelmingly
positive reactions from Nigerians, have thrown caution and decency to
the wind by their crude, rude and rambling statements.
”What is
issues-based in calling Gen. Buhari a ‘semi-literate jackboot’ as the
PDP’s National Secretary Wale Oladipo has incautiously said? Where are
the issues in the pejorative reference to Prof. Osinbajo as an ‘acolyte’
of Tinubu, or in describing Tinubu himself as a puppeteer, as the PDP’s
National Publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh has said in the most vitriolic
and irresponsible statement that can ever be issued by the spokesman of
a ruling party anywhere?
”Where are the issues contained in the
statement by the serial bumbler and gormandizer called Doyin Okupe, who
regards Mr. Buhari’s refusal to enrich himself from the public till
as a vice rather than a virtue? Why would a ruling party go after the
jugular of the opposition simply because it took its time in choosing
its presidential running mate, especially since it did not run foul of
any electoral law in doing so?
”The truth is that the Jonathan
Presidency and the PDP have no issues to canvass during the
electioneering campaign for the 2015 general elections because they have
wasted the mandate given to them by Nigerians on the altar of
unprecedented corruption, incomprehensible incompetence and cluelessness
and perhaps the worst leadership ever inflicted on our country,” APC
said.
The party expressed delight that Nigerians have taken it
upon themselves to respond to the PDP and its barbarians, especially in
the social media.
”Had these philistines been monitoring the
reactions of Nigerians to the capricious comments they have been making
against the person of Mr. Buhari and his party, they would have
desisted. But then, they need to impress their paymasters. It seems the
more they pour invective on our leaders and our party, the bigger their
pay. We wish them luck in their ludicrous pursuit and shadow chasing,”
it said.
APC assured Nigerians that its campaign for next year’s
elections would be based on how the party plans to restore hope to the
forlorn citizens, who have been taken for a ride by the government they
voted into power, how Nigeria can be made great again and how the
comatose economy can be resuscitated, for the benefit of all, rather
than a few fat cats.
”We are delighted at the increasing level
of political awareness among Nigerians and their engagement in the
political scene. We believe Nigerians are more interested in what the
candidates for next year’s elections can offer rather than on how much
mudslinging they can dish out. In the end, Nigerians, who are the real
masters, will spot the difference!” the party said.
Lai Mohammed
National Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)
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