…Asks Buhari to Look Inwards
The opposition People’s Democratic Party has described the allegation by the Presidency that some Nigerians were plotting a forceful and undemocratic change of leadership as a resort to blackmail in the face of the government’s failure.
The PDP in a statement by Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary, said that “rather than live up to the responsibilities of office by taking charge and securing our nation, the Presidency is busy engaging in frivolous allegations against Nigerians”.
“It is however imperative to state that the Buhari Presidency and the
@OfficialAPCNg are being haunted by their own shadows as Nigerians know the persons as well as the political party with the history and penchant to scuttle democratically elected government,” PDP said in a series of tweets of its statement.
“Perhaps, the Presidency has forgotten that in 1983, Brigadier
@MBuhari, as he was then known, led a military coup to truncate a democratically elected government thereby causing our nation a huge drawback on democratic governance,” the statement added.
“Also, in 2015, the @OfficialAPCNg, which was hurriedly formulated, made itself available as a vehicle of brigandage to disrupt our political process by beguiling Nigerians and taking power through violence, propaganda, and falsehood.
“Even in 2019, Nigerians will be quick to remember how the
@OfficialAPCNg imported bandits, vandals, and thugs from neighboring countries, as political mercenaries, to unleash violence, disrupt our voting processes, and muscle itself to power,” PDP alleged.
Continuing, the opposition party advised the Presidency and the President Buhari and the ruling “to look inwards as all fingers toward any possible plots to upturn our democracy point to them.
Our party believes that the statement by the @MBuhari Presidency is an attempt by the @OfficialAPCNg to heighten political tension in our country ahead of the 2023 election, having realized that they cannot face the people at the polls.
PDP advised the APC “to know that such blackmail against Nigerians cannot help their cause”.
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