As the anxious wait for the announcement of a running mate to the Presidential candidate of the APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, continues, the Peoples Democratic Party has accused the former Head of State of subjecting himself to the control of the party leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
In a statement released on Sunday by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, the ruling party noted that Buhari had surrendered a very important decision of choosing a running mate to a cabal.
“In surrendering his prerogative of choosing his running mate, Buhari has confirmed that he is being appropriated and compromised to serve a personal and narrow group interest of a cabal on whose ticket he emerged as a presidential candidate,”
According to the statement, the “APC cabal under the command of Tinubu tampered with all the rules of their party to achieve their selfish agenda of planting surrogates in all strategic positions to enable Tinubu expand his economic and political frontiers the way and manner he did in Lagos State.”
The PDP also said that the Tinubu cabal was only using Buhari as a puppet to achieve their selfish interests. “Indeed, the possible calculation of this cabal, if they ever get to power, is to choke up Buhari and ultimately frustrate him out of office thereby allowing Tinubu to have total control of the economic and political interests of the nation.
“Therefore the question the citizens want answered remains, ‘is Tinubu the face of the so-called change the APC wants to bequeath to Nigerians?”
Reacting to this development, Tinubu's camp dismissed the PDP's allegations stating that “Buhari was selected by the APC national convention because of his qualities. He is a man of principle. He is a man committed to the nation. His overriding concern is the well-being of Nigeria and Nigerians. A man of such principle and leadership presence cannot be anybody’s godson.
“We will do our own internal consultations and arrive at a ticket we believe is best suited to govern Nigeria. If they are so interested in who we pick they are free to quit their bankrupt party and join the party that offers the best hope for this nation and its future.
“Those who claim he (Buhari) is a puppet do grave insult to an outstanding patriot and millions of Nigerians who support him.
“The PDP would do better if they spent their time trying to fix their rickety ship after such dismal primaries than to cast stones at APC’s more democratic and genuine process. They speak in this manner because they are afraid the APC will confront them with a ticket they cannot beat by fair means.”
credit: The Punch
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