APC to PDP: Practice what you preach
(Nigeria) The All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP as
a Janus-faced bumbling party for engaging in a serial mudslinging against the
party (APC) and its leaders, especially in the aftermath of its hugely
successful national convention in which Gen. Muhammadu Buhari was elected as
the APC's presidential candidate.
It said the spokespersons for President Goodluck Jonathan
and the PDP, apparently stung into a stupor by the rancour-free emergence of
the party's candidates for the 2015 general elections and the overwhelmingly
positive reactions from Nigerians, have thrown caution and decency to the wind
by their crude, rude and rambling statements.
''What is issues-based in calling Gen. Buhari a
'semi-literate jackboot' as the PDP's National Secretary Wale Oladipo has
incautiously said? Where are the issues in the pejorative reference to Prof.
Osinbajo as an 'acolyte' of Tinubu, or in describing Tinubu himself as a
puppeteer, as the PDP's National Publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh has said in
the most vitriolic and irresponsible statement that can ever be issued by the
spokesman of a ruling party anywhere?
''The truth is that the Jonathan Presidency and the PDP have
no issues to canvass during the electioneering campaign for the 2015 general
elections because they have wasted the mandate given to them by Nigerians on
the altar of unprecedented corruption, incomprehensible incompetence and
cluelessness and perhaps the worst leadership ever inflicted on our country,''
APC said.
The party expressed delight that Nigerians have taken it
upon themselves to respond to the PDP and its barbarians, especially in the
social media.
''Had these philistines been monitoring the reactions of
Nigerians to the capricious comments they have been making against the person
of Gen. Buhari and his party, they would have desisted. But then, they need to
impress their paymasters. It seems the more they pour invective on our leaders
and our party, the bigger their pay. We wish them luck in their ludicrous
pursuit and shadow chasing,'' it said.
APC assured Nigerians that its campaign for next year's
elections would be based on how the party plans to restore hope to the forlorn
citizens, who have been taken for a ride by the government they voted into
power, how Nigeria can be made great again and how the comatose economy can be
resuscitated, for the benefit of all, rather than a few fat cats.
''We are delighted at the increasing level of political
awareness among Nigerians and their engagement in the political scene. We
believe Nigerians are more interested in what the candidates for next year's
elections can offer rather than on how much mudslinging they can dish out. In
the end, Nigerians, who are the real masters, will spot the difference!'' the
party said.
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