The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fired back at President Muhammadu Buhari’s led All Progressives Congress (APC) in its backing of claim by former British Prime, David Cameron that former President, Goodluck Jonathan rejected the help of the British Government in rescuing the 276 Chibok schoolgirls, who were kidnapped on April 14, 2014.
The PDP in a statement said the unwarranted invective on Jonathan by the APC should at best be directed to President Muhammadu Buhari which has “gone down as the most incompetent and most corrupt in the history of our nation”.
According to the statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan; “Our party has equally been made aware of how the APC and the Buhari Presidency have been desperate to divert public attention from the administration’s obnoxious decision to further oppress Nigerians by reintroducing tollgates on our highway, increasing Value Added Tax (VAT), electricity bill and other tariffs as well as their despicable plot to sack government workers.”
The PDP also charged the APC and the Buhari Presidency to “perish the idea of thinking that the unnecessary distortions on the Jonathan administration would bury the demand for an inquest into the Danu racket through which billions of naira meant for the wellbeing of Nigerians are allegedly being diverted to private purses.”
“Our party further challenges the APC and the Buhari Presidency to speak out on the alleged diversion of the N500bn meant for the Social Investment Programme among other humongous fraud directly perpetrated under the Buhari Presidency.
“Furthermore, in trying to tar the PDP, the APC forgets that it is already common knowledge that all the bad eggs that brought a bad name to the PDP have since left our repositioned party to the APC where their National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, who also has a huge corruption allegation on his neck, admitted that the party is a haven for corrupt persons.
“Moreover, the fact that President Buhari can only surround himself with persons openly indicted for corruption, as ministers and advisers, speaks volumes of the administration’s posturing on corruption,” the statement added.
The PDP, therefore, charged the APC not to think that it can cover its mess by trying to make “unfounded allegations against President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP as Nigerians can now see through their shenanigans.”