The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lampoons President Muhammadu Buhari
as suffering from self-deception to think he can win the 2019
Presidential election, in spite of his abysmal performance and
widespread rejection by Nigerians.
It is indeed unfortunate and characteristic of failed leaders that
President Buhari cannot read the clear handwriting on the wall, even as
demonstrated by the scanty attendance at his Bauchi rally on Thursday,
where he boasted about winning the 2019 elections.
We know that the President and his handlers are banking on manipulating
the electoral processes to foist themselves back to power by depending
on their blood relation in the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) to assist in providing data of underage voters in Katsina, Kano
states and some other porous areas of the nation.
What President Buhari has failed to come to terms with is the
uncompromising resolve of Nigerians across the country, particularly the
youths, to resist any form of rigging in 2019.
It is shocking that on the face of colossal failure of governance
leading to hunger and starvation, ethnic division, bloodletting and
killings in our land, Mr. President is more concerned about a selfish
agenda of foisting himself on a people who have become despondent of his
leadership.
By his remark in Bauchi on Thursday, when he boastfully claimed that he
will take power again in 2019, Mr. President has demonstrated an
unimaginable disdain for Nigerians, showing that he cares less about the
carnage in our nation under his watch, and he is only concerned with
winning election. That, to say the least, is a mark of statesmanship.
This is a leader who came into office on the plank of promises of
fighting insurgency and corruption as well as guaranteeing economic
prosperity. Shockingly, Mr. President has not only failed on all fronts,
his body language is aiding and abetting corruption, harassment and
intimidation of citizens as well as instilling of siege mentality in our
land.
We therefore advise Mr. President and his dysfunctional All Progressives
Congress (APC) to stop misleading themselves about the possibility of
staying a day beyond May 29, 2019, as they can no longer deceive or
coerce Nigerians to submission.
On our own part, the repositioned PDP will continue to stand with the
Nigerian people and remain sensitive to their plights, particularly, at
this critical time. We will not relent on our pursuit for the
fulfillment of their wishes and aspiration for a truly democratic, fair,
just and equitable nation, where all are free and granted their required
space to prosper in all fields of endeavor, in line with our ideology
and manifesto.
