PDP Lashes Out At Tinubu Over Comments On OBJ

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday lashed out at the
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator
Bola Tinubu over his comments against former President Olusegun
Obasanjo, describing it as “disrespectful, reckless, unguarded and
indecorous.”

In a statement made available to news men in Abuja yesterday by
its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, the Party
stated that: “Tinubu in his tirade against the former President
sounded like a disrobed ruler facing a pang of defeat as he watches
his empire being legitimately taken.”

According to the Party, “It is shocking that ‘Asiwaju of Lagos’
can be in cahoots with President Muhammadu Buhari, a known
anti-democrat, who has always been in league with all known
dictators, while at the same time claiming to be on the side of
democrats.”

“It is however not a surprise that Tinubu is in severe pain
because former President Obasanjo exposed their rigging plans.
Asiwaju had always won elections for himself and his cronies
through rigging and this accounts for his bitterness.”

“His reliance on rigging was typified in the Osun election where
results were manipulated in order not to “disgrace” the fading
politics of the ‘Asiwaju of Lagos.’”

“Let it be placed on record that the story of that election has
not been fully told by Tinubu in his snide remarks against
President Obasanjo.”

“He chose to be silent on that phone call which was
clandestinely put across to Abuja, consequent upon which INEC
declared an election already won by the PDP, as inconclusive. Since
the matter is in court, we will not join Tinubu in abusing court
processes.”

“However, PDP states in unequivocal terms that President
Obasanjo, contrary to Tinubu’s claims, did not at any time, assure
our party that he holds sway throughout the southwest and as such
will deliver Osun state to the PDP.”

“It is also important to state that the people’s candidate,
Atiku Abubakar, did not also claim to have rigged election in the
South West. However, if Tinubu today denies his affinity with Atiku
Abubakar, which is well known in the entire nation, then he can
deny even his own existence.”

“Moreover, it is an established fact that Obasanjo remains a
statesman and a global figure who always speak the truth to power
and put the interest of our nation above all.”

“It is on record that President Obasanjo and PDP genuinely
fought corruption in this country. With the establishment of ICPC,
EFCC, SFIU in the police as well as the Nigerian Security and Civil
Defence Corps (NSCDC) to investigate economic crimes and corruption
activities as well as trial of Nigerians believed to have committed
wrongdoings.”

“Under former President Obasanjo, there were no sacred cows in
the fight against corruption, unlike what we are witnessing today,
in which corruption has become pervasive under the nose of
President Buhari in the presidential villa.”

“It is ridiculous that Tinubu can attempt to justify the sharing
of N10,000 each to traders, in the market by Vice President Yemi
Osibanjo. The PDP believes that ‘Asiwaju of Lagos’ has not read and
like President Buhari is also unaware that the same poor people
which Osinbajo claimed to be helping with his ‘tradermoni’ voodoo,
chased him out of the UTC market in Abuja.”

“It is imperative to ask Tinubu if he saw the cartoon making the
round, where poor people were depicted thronging around him with
paltry N10,000 naira in their hands while he sat on his throne with
full chicken in his hands and telling the famished lot that he has
nothing to offer them.”

“Nigerians already know that their help is not in the hands of
people like ‘Asiwaju of Lagos’ and President Buhari, who are
amassing wealth for themselves and their generations yet unborn,
while the people live in squalor.”

“In modern day governance, leaders do not give handouts to the
citizens, they create enabling environment for them to prosper. We
challenge ‘Asiwaju of Lagos’ to go round the markets of Idumota,
Alaba, Ikeja, Yaba and ask the traders if the N10,000 has yielded
them the profit to purchase hotels, oil companies, airlines, and
tax collecting agencies.”

“Since ‘Asiwaju of Lagos’ understands the reason for collation
of PVC numbers in exchange for the N10,000 trader money, he will do
the nation good, especially at this time, if he provides
explanation for this joint venture outside rigging of
elections.”

“It is shameful that Tinubu can compare any administration in
the history of our nation to the Buhari administration. Nigerians
have never been this hungry, our purchasing power has never been
this low, our fault lines have never been this manifest and our
nation has never been turned into a huge funeral parlor as we have
witnessed under President Buhari’s incompetent, divisive and
colossally corrupt administration. At no time in our history had
Nigerians gone to the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos to take a
plunge of death.”

“It is therefore strange that ‘Asiwaju of Lagos’ can have the
temerity to accuse anybody of leaving the poor unattended to, when
he has been a pretender in the circle of the poor.”

“It is unfortunate that ‘Asiwaju of Lagos’ has forgotten how in
2014/2015, he assembled his team for the election of President
Buhari, how he put in everything for Buhari to get elected, and
how, as soon as Buhari assumed office, he ostracized him, chastised
him before the people he brought and reduced him to one state
leader, in spite of his pretensions as the National leader of the
APC.”