The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told President Buhari that
Nigerians are no longer interested in 'fake promises and false
performance claims' now that elections are around the corner.The PDP
says the attempt by the Buhari-led government to lure the South-East
geo-political zones into supporting his second term fell like a pack of
cards as the people have resolved not to follow any leader who can not
deliver on his promises.Recall that the Secretary to the Government of
the Federation, Boss Mustapha, yesterday told the South East region that
the only way to acqualize their dream of occupying the presidency in
2023, is to vote enmass for President Buhari in 2019. Read here.PDP in
its statement signed by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, said APC
has become jittery since the South East have expressed their support for
the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Read part of the
statement belowThe party said President Buhari and the APC have been
jittery since the Southeast and other geo-political zones across board
expressed an overwhelming acceptance of the PDP Presidential candidate,
Atiku Abubakar, due to his proven competence, respect for equity and
all-inclusiveness in governance.Instead of accepting his failure, which
is manifest to all, President Buhari, who is reputed for not fulfilling
campaign promises, is busy making a fresh list of fake promises to
Nigerians.In this desperation, Mr. President fails to understand that
the people of the South East, just like other Nigerians, are too
sophisticated to fall for gimmicks, false promises and ethnic politics,
and as such cannot be swayed from their resolve to rally with Atiku
Abubakar to rescue our nation from the shackles of misrule.Nigerians
have since seen through President Buhari’s bouquet of failures and fake
promises, which in any case, cannot heal the wounds of marginalization,
nepotism, inequity, disregard for federal character principle and harsh
economic policies, including obnoxious foreign exchange regulations and
heavy taxations of his administration, which are killing businesses and
plunging families into extreme poverty.Nigerians, including those in the
South East, know that President Buhari does not keep promises. They
know that he has not fulfilled any of the promises he made during the
2015 campaign. As such, they cannot fall to the same old trick ahead of
the 2019 general election.Moreover, President Buhari is yet to apologize
to the Southeast and other geo-political zones over his
administration’s indictment for human rights violations, extra-judicial
killings, illegal arrests, arbitrary detention, torture and reported
disappearances, as detailed in the reports by the United States
Department of State, Amnesty International (AI) and Transparency
International (TI).Instead of clutching on straws and seeking to beguile
Nigerians with fake promises, blame game and false performance indices,
President Buhari should come to terms with the fact that there is no
way Nigerians can change their minds about voting in Atiku Abubakar as
his inevitable replacement come February, 2019.The PDP therefore
commends Nigerians across board for their boldness in confronting
President Buhari with his failures and their resolve not to be beguiled
again in the 2019 elections.''You can't deceive South East with false promises''- PDP tells President Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told President Buhari that
Nigerians are no longer interested in 'fake promises and false
performance claims' now that elections are around the corner.The PDP
says the attempt by the Buhari-led government to lure the South-East
geo-political zones into supporting his second term fell like a pack of
cards as the people have resolved not to follow any leader who can not
deliver on his promises.Recall that the Secretary to the Government of
the Federation, Boss Mustapha, yesterday told the South East region that
the only way to acqualize their dream of occupying the presidency in
2023, is to vote enmass for President Buhari in 2019. Read here.PDP in
its statement signed by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, said APC
has become jittery since the South East have expressed their support for
the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Read part of the
statement belowThe party said President Buhari and the APC have been
jittery since the Southeast and other geo-political zones across board
expressed an overwhelming acceptance of the PDP Presidential candidate,
Atiku Abubakar, due to his proven competence, respect for equity and
all-inclusiveness in governance.Instead of accepting his failure, which
is manifest to all, President Buhari, who is reputed for not fulfilling
campaign promises, is busy making a fresh list of fake promises to
Nigerians.In this desperation, Mr. President fails to understand that
the people of the South East, just like other Nigerians, are too
sophisticated to fall for gimmicks, false promises and ethnic politics,
and as such cannot be swayed from their resolve to rally with Atiku
Abubakar to rescue our nation from the shackles of misrule.Nigerians
have since seen through President Buhari’s bouquet of failures and fake
promises, which in any case, cannot heal the wounds of marginalization,
nepotism, inequity, disregard for federal character principle and harsh
economic policies, including obnoxious foreign exchange regulations and
heavy taxations of his administration, which are killing businesses and
plunging families into extreme poverty.Nigerians, including those in the
South East, know that President Buhari does not keep promises. They
know that he has not fulfilled any of the promises he made during the
2015 campaign. As such, they cannot fall to the same old trick ahead of
the 2019 general election.Moreover, President Buhari is yet to apologize
to the Southeast and other geo-political zones over his
administration’s indictment for human rights violations, extra-judicial
killings, illegal arrests, arbitrary detention, torture and reported
disappearances, as detailed in the reports by the United States
Department of State, Amnesty International (AI) and Transparency
International (TI).Instead of clutching on straws and seeking to beguile
Nigerians with fake promises, blame game and false performance indices,
President Buhari should come to terms with the fact that there is no
way Nigerians can change their minds about voting in Atiku Abubakar as
his inevitable replacement come February, 2019.The PDP therefore
commends Nigerians across board for their boldness in confronting
President Buhari with his failures and their resolve not to be beguiled
again in the 2019 elections.
