PDP
has just issued a statement calling out the Buhari presidency over what
it calls 'fresh lies on Atiku'. The attention of the PDP Presidential
Campaign has been drawn to fresh fabrications allegedly being sponsored
by the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency, in its unrelenting bid to tarnish
the image of our Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, since their
realization that Nigerians have reached a consensus to vote him in as
their next President.It is indeed despicable that President Buhari will
continue to endorse the spinning of lies by his handlers against another
Presidential candidate, including its false claims that Atiku Abubakar
cannot travel to the United States, which Nigerians have since seen to
be mere fabrications.Is it not ludicrous that the Buhari Presidency has
abandoned its statutory duties and turned itself into a lying,
“monitoring spirit” on Atiku Abubakar and his movements, yet it has not
been able to produce any documentary evidence to substantiate its
claims?President Buhari’s fixation on Atiku Abubakar, to the extent of
sponsoring fabrications in a section of the media, only goes to show
that he is intimidated by our candidate’s resume, his overwhelming
popularity and policy direction, which have since amplified his
(President Buhari’s) incompetence and lack of direction, as a result of
which he is being rejected by the majority of Nigerians.Atiku Abubakar
is a global figure and is not inhibited, in any way whatsoever, from
traveling to any part of the world.However, he is not prepared to make
the sky his office, unlike President Buhari, who unleashed a widely
condemned taste for very expensive and wasteful gallivanting with our
national fleet, while Nigerians wallow in abject poverty for neglect and
abuse of resources.In any case, the PDP refuses to lose sight of the
fact that our campaign is on the rescue mission and that Nigerians are
looking up to our candidate for direction.As such, we will not allow the
rejected Buhari Presidency to distract us from our focus of
repositioning and redirecting our nation to the path of a united,
peaceful, secure and prosperous nation where are all citizens are happy
and free.The PDP Campaign therefore counsels President Buhari to note
that Nigerians have moved ahead with Atiku Abubakar as their next
President. He should therefore use the remaining days of his fading
administration to prepare answers for his misrule.President Buhari
should, by now, be providing answers for the over N11 trillion stolen
under his watch, particularly in the petroleum sector where he sits as
minister; the alleged diversion of funds meant for the purchase of
weapons and welfare of our soldiers to finance his re-election campaign
as well as the neglect and insensitivity that led to the escalation of
killings and bloodletting in various parts of the country under his
rule.President Buhari should provide answers for his incompetence and
harsh economic policies that plunged our economy into recession, leading
to high cost of living, loss of over 30 million jobs, acute poverty,
hunger, collapse of infrastructure in our country in the last three and
half years.On our own part, the PDP will continue to focus on
issue-based campaign and run with practical answers to the myriad of
challenges facing our nation in line with the manifesto of our
repositioned party and the policy direction of our Presidential
candidate, Atiku Abubakar.