PDP in a statement by its National spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, said, “Tinubu in his tirade against the former President sounded like a disrobed ruler facing a pang of defeat as he watches his empire being legitimately taken.
“It is shocking that Asiwaju of Lagos can be
in cahoots with President Muhammadu Buhari, who has always been in
league with all known dictators, while at the same time claiming to be
on the side of democrats.
“It is however not a surprise that
Tinubu is in severe pain because President Obasanjo exposed their
rigging plans. Asiwaju had always won elections for himself and his
cronies through rigging and this account for his bitterness.
“His
reliance on rigging was typified in the Osun election where results
were manipulated in order not to ‘disgrace’ the fading politics of the
Asiwaju of Lagos.
“Let it be placed on record that the story of
that election has not been fully told by Tinubu in his snide remarks
against President Obasanjo.
“He chose to be silent on that phone
call which was clandestinely put across to Abuja, consequent upon which
the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared an
election already won by the PDP, as inconclusive. Since the matter is in
court, we will not join Tinubu in abusing court processes.”
The
main opposition party called on Tinubu to search his conscience and come
up with a denial that he shares no closeness with Atiku.
“It is also important to state that Atiku Abubakar did not claim to have rigged election in the South-West,” the party added.
“However,
if Tinubu today denies his affinity with Atiku Abubakar, which is well
known in the entire nation, then he can deny even his own existence.
“it
is an established fact that Obasanjo remains a statesman and a global
figure who always speak the truth to power and put the interest of our
nation above all.”
On the commitment to anti-graft war, the party
further noted that “President Obasanjo and PDP genuinely fought
corruption in this country.
“With the establishment of
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission,
ICPC, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Special Fraud
Intelligence Unit, SFIU in the police as well as the Nigerian Security
and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, to investigate economic crimes and
corruption activities as well as trial of Nigerians believed to have
committed wrongdoings.
“Under President Obasanjo, there were no
sacred cows in the fight against corruption, unlike what we are
witnessing today, in which corruption has become pervasive under the
nose of President Buhari in the presidential villa.
The party
further said it was ridiculous “that Tinubu can attempt to justify the
sharing of N10, 000 each to traders, in the market by Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo.
“Asiwaju of Lagos has not read and like President
Buhari is also unaware that the same poor people which Osinbajo claimed
to be helping with his ‘tradermoni’ voodoo, chased him out of the UTC
market in Abuja.
“It is imperative to ask Tinubu if he saw the
cartoon making the round, where poor people were depicted thronging
around him with paltry N10,000 in their hands while he sat on his throne
with full chicken in his hands and telling the famished lot that he has
nothing to offer them.
“Nigerians already know that their help
is not in the hands of people like Asiwaju of Lagos and President
Buhari, who are amassing wealth for themselves and their generations yet
unborn, while the people live in squalor
“In modern day governance, leaders do not give handouts to the citizens, they create enabling environment for them to prosper.
“We
challenge Asiwaju of Lagos to go round the markets of Idumota, Alaba,
Ikeja Yaba and ask the traders if the N10, 000 has yielded them the
profit to purchase hotels, oil companies, airlines, and tax colleting
agencies.
“Since Asiwaju of Lagos understands the reason for
collation of PVC numbers in exchange for the N10, 000 trader money, he
will do the nation good, especially at this time, if he provides
explanation for this joint venture outside rigging of elections.
“It is shameful that Tinubu can compare any administration in the history of our nation to the Buhari administration.
“Nigerians
have never been this hungry, our purchasing power has never been this
low, our fault lines have never been this manifest and our nation has
never been turned into a huge funeral parlour as we have witnessed under
President Buhari’s incompetent, divisive and colossally corrupt
administration.
“At no time in our history had Nigerians gone to the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos to take a plunge to death.”
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