The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organization,
PPCO, has described the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential
campaign flag-off in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital as an embarrassing
outing for President Muhammadu Buhari.
PPCO in a statement by
its Director, Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Saturday
claimed that the cold response by the crowd when the President was
speaking showed how much Nigerians now begrudge him over his failures in
governance.
The council said it was a pitiable sight as “An
embarrassed President Buhari could only slur, failed to articulate any
clear reason for seeking re-election and had to cut short his
presentation when he realized that the rented crowd, which refused to
carry APC brooms, was not paying attention to him.
“More
embarrassing was that, apparently miffed by Mr. President’s attempt at
yet another false performance claims, the crowd started leaving the
venue of the rally at the time he was being handed his party’s flag by
his national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, a development that led to a
hurried closure of the event.
“Nigerians were alarmed when Mr.
President claimed that the nation was secure under his rule, when there
are killings and daily bloodletting in various parts of our country;
when insurgents who had been pushed to the fringes of the North East by
the PDP administration, leading to the conduct of elections in all the
local governments in the country, have under the Buhari administration
spread to other states of the north.
“While Mr. President was
making his claims, insurgents had taken Baga; there are killings going
on in Zamfara and our soldiers and policemen are being killed by
terrorists, due to the neglect of his administration.
“Our
citizens were further startled when President Buhari claimed that he has
achieved food security when in actual fact there is hunger and
starvation everywhere. This statement not only confirms the Buhari
Presidency’s proclivity for false claim but also shows that Mr.
President is completely insensitive to the plight of Nigerians.
“President
Buhari further embarrassed his office on his claims of commitment
towards the war against corruption when he was surrounded at the podium,
by individuals who are facing corruption allegations, including the
Director General of his Campaign, Rotimi Amaechi, Adams Oshiomhole, his
South South Zonal Director, Godswill Akpabio and a host of others.
“Furthermore,
Nigerians are invited to note that our First Lady, Aisha Buhari, who
was on the side of President Buhari throughout his 2015 campaign
conspicuously shunned Mr. President’s 2019 re-election flag off
apparently in fulfillment of her stance not to support him for a second
term if he failed in his first tenure.”
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