The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s Thursday night broadcast as a farewell speech.
Reacting to President
Buhari’s characterization of the opposition in a nationwide broadcast,
Atiku Abubakar described the president as a failed steward who has
consistently distorted and twisted facts and events.
Atiku, in a
statement signed by his Special Assistant on Publication, Mr. Phrank
Shaibu said, “We see President Muhammadu Buhari’s attack on the
opposition in his nationwide broadcast, Thursday night, as part of the
many gaffes which have come to define last days of the Buhari
Presidency, rather than an address to be taken seriously by Nigerians.”
Atiku
said President Buhari ought to have shown deep introspection in his
public comments “because he is not just presiding over any country, but
one with the largest black nation on earth, which bestows a lot of
responsibility on him.”
According to Atiku, “If the President is
not telling Nigerians that he was sworn in as president in 2005, he is
mistaking Ondo Central Senatorial District for Edo Central Senatorial
District or surrendering his ticket to Mr. Great Ogboru whom he
mistakenly referred to as the Presidential Candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) while on campaign tour of the state.
“These
gaffes and the latest negative comments against opposition elements in
his nationwide broadcast are not the attributes of a leader who should
be re-elected for another term of office,” Shaibu quoted Atiku as
saying.
Atiku also said that, “Even when he is voted out of
office come Saturday, February 16, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari must
learn to rise above certain issues and do things that will enhance the
respect the citizenry have for the office of the President, rather than
rushing to exhibit soap-box mentality when the occasion does not call
for it.”
”As for which party will better serve the people, we
leave that judgment to Nigerians who will decide on 16th February,
instead of a highly-partisan and easily excitable President Buhari,”
Atiku said.
While dismissing President Buhari’s nationwide
broadcast as a farewell speech, the former Vice President said “the
Nigerian public is already giving its reaction on General Buhari’s less
than Presidential address to the nation this evening.”
“A review
of comments on Buhari’s Facebook Page to the broadcast shows that he
should call in the removals-van as people can’t wait for him to leave
Aso Rock. When you compare these to the comments on HE Atiku’s page to
his Facebook Live broadcast this morning, the contrast could not be
greater. The final verdict is in the hands and fingers of the millions
of voters this Saturday.
“As our candidate HE Atiku said in his
final message of the campaign ‘Even if you are not voting for me, still
come out to vote on Saturday. It is about Nigeria, not Atiku Abubakar.
It is about you and your future.’”
“So, we appeal to every eligible voter to express their will and contribute to our democracy,” the statement concluded.
Source:- Vanguardngr
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