Tinubu’s secrecy, Shettima’s support for Boko Haram cancel APC ticket, it adds
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Bola Tinubu’s life is “shrouded in secrecy,” he is “unable to tell Nigerians the truth about anything,” and has not “managed” any business “personally and successfully,” all of which disqualify him from the Villa race, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The PDP insists Tinubu has no source of income known to the public, he simply “living outlandishly on government booty and largesse,” and his tag team mate Kashim Shettima enabled insecurity when he was Borno Governor and “Boko Haram became an intractable menace” on his watch.
So “how can Nigerians be expected to place their faith in such mysterious characters?” the PDP wondered in a statement issued by its Party Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) spokesman Dele Momodu.
Momodu was reacting to the dig thrown by the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket on Tuesday in which both Tinubu the presidential candidate and Shettima his running mate said PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar cannot unite Nigeria.
The PDP expressed concern over Tinubu’s disregard for the democratic and voting rights of ethnic groups and pointed out how Shettima allowed Boko Haram terrorists to fester and inflict pains Nigerians are still grappling with.
“How can APC be expected to guarantee the safety of lives and properties when right under the watch of … Shettima as the governor of Borno State, Boko Haram became an intractable menace that Nigeria is yet to fully recover from till this day?
“We have watched in utter incredulity and amazement the boldfaced speech made [on Tuesday] by the APC vice presidential candidate, … Kashim Shettima, at an event in Lagos,” the statement said.
“He alleged gleefully that the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, cannot unite Nigeria when ‘he has not united his own political party.’
“It is our belief that … Shettima, in a moment of deliberate amnesia, must have tried to point fingers at the specks in another man’s eyes while studiously ignoring the giant logs in his own eyes.
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Secrecy, living off public purse
“The APC is in total disarray with prominent members of his party openly apologising to Nigerians for the unmitigated disaster it has foisted on Nigeria since 2015,” Momodu added, per The PUNCH.
“This is one of the reasons APC members have been migrating in droves to PDP.
“Everything about APC and its candidates have been shrouded in secrecy and they are just unable to tell Nigerians the truth about anything. How can Nigerians be expected to place their faith in such mysterious characters?
“Shettima alleged that Atiku Abubakar cannot be trusted with the economy of Nigeria. No heresy could be worse than this.
“Nigerians would want to know what businesses the APC candidates have managed personally and successfully except living outlandishly on government booty and largesse.”
