APC
spokesman, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu.
The All Progressives Congress has accused the opposition Peoples
Democratic Party of being the brains behind the recent 2023
campaign posters of some chieftains of the ruling party.
The APC dissociated itself and the members whose names and
pictures appeared in the posters, saying the PDP circulated them to
achieve a devilish aim.
Those whose posters for 2023 Presidential campaign were seen
were the APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu; the National Chairman,
Adams Oshiomhole and the Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru
El-Rufai.
Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the APC National
Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, said APC members were
focused on governance and delivery on the party’s mandate instead
of issues around 2023 elections.
He said, “As a party, we want to state clearly that having won
elections convincingly and having been given the mandate to run the
government for the next four years, our major and only focus now is
governance.
“We are not engaging in any other activity relating to 2023
elections and wherever you see such (posters) you can be sure it is
from mischief-makers and of course we know it is part of the
strategy of the PDP to continue to take actions to cause
distractions for the governing party from focusing on anything that
is important to the people of Nigeria which is to deal with the
challenges that we are all faced with. The challenges of
governance, security, economy and corruption as well as other
associated issues. That is what we are focused on.
“So, as a party, we understand the social contract we have
signed with the people of Nigeria with the renewal of our mandate.
Whatever poster you might have seen about any of our leaders
anywhere in this country is irrelevant to us, we do not have a hand
in it and it is not from those leaders.
“It is strictly part of the strategy of a party that is supposed
to provide an alternative to our governance model and since they do
not have such, the only thing they can do is to continue to throw
spanners into the works. So, we urge all our members to focus on
what is important to us and so we dissociate ourselves and our
leaders from such issues that have to do with elections. Elections
have been done and dusted and what we are now faced with is the
issue of governance.”