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| FILE PHOTO: President Buhari with leaders and Governors of the APC years ago |
The N4Atiku Group has described the constitution
of the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress as a
clear sign of insincerity and negation of the claims by President Muhammadu
Buhari and the APC that the 16-year rule of the Peoples Democratic Party was
responsible for Nigeria’s present situation.
In a statement made available to the media on
Monday, the group, through its spokesman, Isiaka Abdulai pointed out that “over
the years, the President and his party, against all rules of common sense, have
accused the PDP of bringing Nigeria to her knees. Instead of addressing the
ineptitude of their government, the APC continues to massage its ego with
stories that have reduced governance to the extremity of disgrace”.
While describing the PDP presidential candidate
as “a man with the genuine interest of the country at heart”, the Group
continued that “something is disturbingly wrong with the narrative that PDP
destroyed Nigeria. As a matter of fact, the right questions need to be asked.
If PDP indeed destroyed Nigeria, why does the APC need those it accused of
destroying Nigeria to help it stay in power?”
Abdulai went on to state that “in its insipid
manner of lying without recourse to consequence and logic, the APC apparently
forgot that the Vice Chairman, North, of its Presidential Campaign Council,
Senator George Akume was a PDP Governor for 8years. His counterpart in the
South, Senator Ken Nnamani was Senate President under the PDP, its Director
General, Rotimi Ameachi served as Speaker of House of Assembly in Rivers State for
eight years and had another seven years as Governor under the PDP. That amounts
to a total of 15 years.
It may also interest Nigerians to note that the
North West Zonal Director, Aliyu Wammakko, was a PDP Governor for eight years
and was a Senator for 3 years. The South West Zonal Director, Olusola Oke
served as PDP National Legal Adviser for nine years. The South South Zonal
Director, Godswill Akpabio was politically well brought up by the PDP. He
served as Secretary to the State Government after which he governed Akwa Ibom
for eight years, and until four months ago, he was the minority leader in the
Senate, a position he got as a PDP member”.
The group wondered why the President and his
party members continue to malign the PDP when in actual fact the best human
resources they can boast of were actually sourced from the PDP. “None of these
people spent less than 13 years as PDP members. Mathematically, that is 81% of
the 16 years of the so called destruction. Is it not a sign of insincerity to
say PDP destroyed Nigeria for 16 years and still solicit for the help of the
people they claimed destroyed Nigeria?” the group asked.
The N4Atiku Group went on to call on Nigerians
to “join hands and support Atiku Abubakar who has what it takes to get Nigeria
working again”.
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