The alleged threat by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to pull out of the peace accord they signed with the National Peace Committee has continued to receive reaction, with the Buhari Media Organization (BMO) saying the party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar were never committed to the peace deal in the first place.
The PDP had in a statement on Wednesday threatened to pull out of the peace accord over comments made by governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai that foreign observers who interfere in the electoral process will leave the country in body bags.
Reacting to the threat, chairman of BMO Niyi Akinsiju, said the former Vice President and his party grudgingly signed the peace pact in the first place.
He said it took intensive pressure on PDP’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar before he “grudgingly consented to sign the peace accord not more than 48 hours after all willing consenters to the accord had done so.
“In issuing this threat at this time is in furtherance of the PDP’s Dubai agenda to build a case for the disruption of the presidential election or at the minimum, create a perception of ill will around the election with intent at discrediting the election which they know they will lose even before they commenced formal campaign.
“To advance their evil
agenda, in their desperation, they have continued to throw all manners of
tantrums, rubbishing institutions of States without any modicum of patriotism
and civility.”
The BMO leader however assured that no matter the threat from the main opposition
party, “the presidential election will be held peacefully and creditably well
to their shame.”
National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu Onilu could not be reached for his reaction at the time of this report.
