PDP Mocks Tinubu Over APC’s Failures, Atiku’s Intimidating Credentials

• Insists APC candidate confused, created failed administration

BY VICTOR BUORO – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as being nervy, frightened, and confused by the achievements of his PDP counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

According to the main opposition party, the former Vice President’s credentials are so intimidating that the ruling party and Tinubu are terribly afraid of the failure staring them in the face ahead of the 2023 election.

Speaking against the backdrop of claims by the former Lagos State governor that the APC will finally bury the PDP at next year’s polls, the former ruling party described Tinubu as a paperweight candidate and dreamer.

The nation’s main opposition party said in a statement on Sunday that Nigerians are scandalised by yet another shameful attempt by the APC and its flag bearer to divert attention from the main issues of their failures through derogatory remarks on the PDP.

Signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, the PDP statement said; “Such fixation on the PDP only exposes Asiwaju Tinubu as a paper candidate who is confused, nervy and intimidated by the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and the achievements of the PDP, which stared him in the face in mortal fear of failure ahead of the 2023 general elections.

“Unlike the APC that is dead, the PDP is not only alive and existing as acknowledged by Asiwaju Tinubu in his statement, but also strong, united, and focused on its mission to Rescue, Rebuild and Redirect our nation from the misrule of the APC.

“It is distressing that Asiwaju Tinubu speaks like someone under the influence with incoherent discourse and absence of mind that further expose a lack of capacity for leadership, especially at the Presidential level.

“It is rather shameful that the APC presidential candidate alluded to the nation’s railway system which was revitalised by the PDP administration but painfully surrendered to terrorists and bandits by the APC government.”

Further taking a swipe at the former Lagos State governor, the PDP said; “From his incoherent discourse, the APC presidential candidate appears to be battling with issues of ethical challenges and ineligibility to contest election on account of inconsistencies in his educational qualifications, name, ancestry, age, corruption allegations among myriads of issues.

“Moreover, Nigerians have realised the futility of Asiwaju’s non-existent and heavily concocted achievements, influence, leadership prowess and skills.”

The PDP said despite the fact that Nigerians gave the APC flagbearer the benefit of doubt, he engineered a government that has brought untold hardship to the people, adding; “Nigerians gave Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu the benefit of the doubt but he failed them by engineering a deceitful government leading to the ugly indices of insecurity and bloodletting, economic hardship, unemployment, disunity and low life expectancy imposed on our nation in the last seven years.

“He should know that Nigerians are aware that he is in the presidential race not to serve but to gain control of the nation’s treasury so as to expand his exploitative enterprise and economic empire beyond Lagos State.

“The APC presidential candidate has not responded to allegations that he is the promoter of the increase in VAT, electricity tariff, import duties, Stamp Duty, fuel price hike as well as other exploitative tolls by the APC Federal Government, from which he allegedly benefits through many stooges in the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and other revenue generating agencies of government.

Also maintaining that the APC candidate would not have any value addition to the country’s socio-economic growth and development, the PDP said; “Asiwaju is huge baggage to the APC. He should know that because of him there is a daily exodus of millions of APC members across the country into the PDP.

“In the last month, over five (5) million APC members have defected to the PDP. In the Lagos State axis, his supposed stronghold, close to one million APC members have decamped to the PDP since his emergence as APC Presidential Candidate.”

“This is because Nigerians have recognised the PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar as the solution our nation needs at this moment while Asiwaju has been identified as ‘Another Problem Coming (APC)”, the PDP boasted.