Buhari Known For Overthrowing Elected Govts, PDP Slams Presidency

Opposition Peoples Democratic Party says President Muhammadu
Buhari, is known for overthrowing democratically elected
governments.

It also 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 failure.

In a statement on Tuesday signed by its National Publicity
Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said that the Buhari
government and the ruling All Progressives Congress should live up
to the responsibilities of office rather than “engage in frivolous
allegations against Nigerians”.

The statement was titled, ‘You’re Haunted By Your Own Shadows,
PDP Tells Buhari Presidency, APC’.

It partly read, “It is however imperative to state that the
Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress 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.

“Perhaps, the Presidency has forgotten that in 1983, Brigadier
Muhammadu Buhari, 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.

“Also, in 2015, the APC, 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 APC
imported bandits, vandals and thugs from neighboring countries, as
political mercenaries, to unleash violence, disrupt our voting
processes and muscle itself to power.

“The PDP therefore counsels the Buhari Presidency and the APC 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 Buhari Presidency
is an attempt by the APC to heighten political tension in our
country ahead of the 2023 election, having realized that they
cannot face the people at the polls.”

The PDP, however, advised the APC to know that such blackmail
against Nigerians cannot help their cause.

“For us in the PDP, our party will remain undeterred, alongside
other patriotic Nigerians, in our commitment towards the sustenance
and stability of our democracy as well as the unity and corporate
existence of our country, Nigeria,” the party added.

Opposition Peoples Democratic Party says President Muhammadu
Buhari, is known for overthrowing democratically elected
governments.

It also 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 failure.

In a statement on Tuesday signed by its National Publicity
Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said that the Buhari
government and the ruling All Progressives Congress should live up
to the responsibilities of office rather than “engage in frivolous
allegations against Nigerians”.

The statement was titled, ‘You’re Haunted By Your Own Shadows,
PDP Tells Buhari Presidency, APC’.

It partly read, “It is however imperative to state that the
Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress 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.

“Perhaps, the Presidency has forgotten that in 1983, Brigadier
Muhammadu Buhari, 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.

“Also, in 2015, the APC, 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 APC
imported bandits, vandals and thugs from neighboring countries, as
political mercenaries, to unleash violence, disrupt our voting
processes and muscle itself to power.

“The PDP therefore counsels the Buhari Presidency and the APC 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 Buhari Presidency
is an attempt by the APC to heighten political tension in our
country ahead of the 2023 election, having realized that they
cannot face the people at the polls.”

The PDP, however, advised the APC to know that such blackmail
against Nigerians cannot help their cause.

“For us in the PDP, our party will remain undeterred, alongside
other patriotic Nigerians, in our commitment towards the sustenance
and stability of our democracy as well as the unity and corporate
existence of our country, Nigeria,” the party added.