PDP reprimands Tinubu on his comments on Obasanjo

… greet the former president as a world figure
By Dirisu Yakubu
ABUJA – The People's Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, president of the All Progressive Congress, to keep in mind the choice of his words when making statements about the country's greatest nationalists .

The party reacted to Tinubu's remarks about President Olusegun Obasanjo following his public letter in which he questioned the president's ability to hold an exalted post beyond 2019.

Describing the words of the former governor as disrespectful and irresponsible, PDP in a statement by his spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, said: "Tinubu in his tirade against the former president looked like he was A stripped leader faced with a pinch of defeat while he saw his empire being legitimately caught. "

The statement said: "It is shocking that Asiwaju de Lagos can get along with President Muhammadu Buhari, who has always been alongside all known dictators, while claiming to be on the side of the Democrats.

"It is not surprising, however, that Tinubu is suffering a lot because President Obasanjo has outlined his badembly plans. Asiwaju had always won the elections for himself and his acolytes thanks to rigging and this account for his bitterness.

"His use of fraud was typical of the Osun elections, where the results were manipulated so as not to" dishonor "the Lagos Asiwaju's declining policy.

"Let's be clear about the fact that the story of this election was not fully told by Tinubu in his sneaky remarks against President Obasanjo. He chose to remain silent on this secret phone call to Abuja, after which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared that the elections already won by the PDP were inconclusive. Since the case is before the courts, we will not badociate with Tinubu to abuse judicial procedures. "

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The party also called Tinubu to search his conscience and deny that he shares any closeness with Atiku.

"It is also important to point out that Atiku Abubakar did not claim to have rigged the elections in the Southwest. However, if Tinubu today denies his affinities with Atiku Abubakar, who is well known throughout the country, he may even deny his own existence, "he continues, adding that" it is an established fact that Obasanjo remains a statesman and global figure who always tells the truth to power and puts the interest of our nation first and foremost.

Regarding the commitment to an anti-corruption war, the party also said that "President Obasanjo and the PDP have really fought corruption in this country. With the establishment of the Independent Commission on Corrupt Practices and Related Offenses, the ICCP, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the EFCC, the Special Intelligence Unit on Fraud, the SFIU in the Police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) to investigate economic and social crimes. corrupt activities and trials of Nigerians suspected of committing wrongdoing.

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

The party further stated that it was ridiculous "that Tinubu could try to justify sharing 10,000 N each to traders, marketed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, saying that" Asiwaju de Lagos n & # 39; He did not read and, as President Buhari Ignorant that the same poor people that Osinbajo claimed to be helping with his voodoo "tradermoni", had driven him out of the UTC market in Abuja.

"It is imperative to ask Tinubu if he saw the caricature touring, where poor people were portrayed, surrounded by poor N10 000, while he was sitting on his throne with the chicken in his hands and telling the story. hungry people there is 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 accumulate wealth for themselves and their future generations, while people live in misery.

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"In modern governance, leaders do not give gifts to citizens, they create an environment conducive to their prosperity. We challenge Asiwaju of Lagos to tour the Idumota, Alaba and Ikeja Yaba markets and ask the traders if the N10 000 had brought them enough profit to buy hotels, oil companies, airlines and tax collection companies.

"Asiwaju of Lagos understand why the PVC figures are collected in exchange for the merchants' money, it will do good for the nation, especially at this time, if it explains this joint venture outside the election rigging.

"It is shameful that Tinubu can compare any administration from our country's history to the Buhari administration. Nigerians have never had this hunger, our purchasing power has never been so low, our fault lines have never been so clear and our country does not have such a thing. has never been transformed into a huge funeral home, as we have witnessed under the incompetent, conflictual and corrupt administration of President Buhari. At no time in our history have Nigerians been to the third mainland bridge in Lagos to plunge into death. "

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