2019: APC should make up its mind on the lie to tell Nigerians – PDP

The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation on Wednesday fried back at the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), denoting the APC as reservoir of lies. The Campaign Organization, therefore, counseled leaders of the ruling APC to make up their minds on which lie they want to tell Nigerians during the electioneering campaigns for the 2019 general elections.

The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation in a statement on Wednesday blasted the ruling APC for linking Atiku Abubakar to an attempt to smuggle in large sums of money into the country for the purpose of funding his campaign. It was noted that the statement indicated that APC called on security agents to be on the watch to prevent the ‘illicit cash’ from entering Nigeria.

Unfortunately, the APC was merely covering up the embarrassing action of security operatives that searched the jet of the PDP presidential candidate on arrival from Dubai last Sunday. While the Minister of State for Aviation acknowledged that the search was a routine practice at the entry point to the country by international travelers, APC leaders brought up a different defence contradicting the minister.

The Atiku Campaign Organization, therefore, declared: “our attention was drawn to a statement by the All Progressives Congress falsely accusing the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party of attempting to smuggle in large sums of money into the nation for the purpose of funding his campaign.

“We are surprised that the same APC which made that false allegation has made a 180-degree turn by releasing a new statement contradicting their earlier statement and alleging that the former Vice President is broke.

“In their statement, they contend that ‘Atiku Abubakar is at a crossroads on how to source funds for the 2019 electioneering campaign.

“Our response is to urge the APC to make up its mind on which lie it wants to tell the Nigerian people and then stick to that lie. As a party in power, there ought to be more stability in the APC at least to give the public and the international community some assurance that the party is not imploding. No wonder there is a lot of policy flip flop under the APC administration!

“We know that the APC is desperate to distract attention from the recent indictment of Vice President Osinbajo by the House of Representatives for Grand corruption and the interrogation of their chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, by the Department of State Security on charges of collecting huge bribes to influence party primaries.

“Given the sordid state of things in the APC and its imminent implosion over money politics, we are not surprised that the APC is throwing wild allegations at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the hope that something will stick.

“Our advise to the APC is that they should send their spokesman to the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation for a two weeks crash course on how to run an issue-based campaign that is guided by civility and refined language.

“While the APC is throwing about baseless accusations, our candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is set to launch tangible policies that will Get Nigeria Working Again in the next week. Our campaign is focused on addressing the concerns and the welfare of Nigerians by Atikulating plans to move Nigerians out of poverty.

“It is obvious that the APC is badly in need of such tutoring.

“We also sympathize with Chairman Oshiomhole on his ordeal and assure him that if he is finding the APC too hot for him, he may want to throw in the towel and join the large number of APC chieftains who have washed their hands off the party and its hydra-headed problems.”