PDP worried by APC’s delayed campaigns, accuses President Buhari of planning to rig 2019 election

*As ex-ruling party abruptly suspends campaigns following failed 3

*Why should any party be worried by another party’s inner matter – Respondent

“Recall also that wehave on good authority that their North Central campaign was not a success aspeople of the base (Ilorin) of the Senate President and National Leader of thePDP, Bukola Saraki, where the campaign was staged not only conspicuously desertedthe campaign but also went round town to chant the “O to ge” (Enough is Enough!) mantra to let Atiku and his campaign train know that Kwara State is not lonerfor Saraki that leads their campaign as director general,” said the respondent.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP  has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of planning to rig the 2019 presidential election by not constituting his campaign council or develop a clear cut campaign blueprint, 61 days to the presidential election scheduled for February 2019.

This, the party maintained, was an indication that the President was not preparing for the election.

The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said these in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja.

Ologbondiyan alleged that Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress had not set up a campaign structure because they were banking on their plot with the Independent National Electoral Commission under Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to rig the election for them.

According to him, “It is clear that Buhari has been overwhelmed by his rejection by a vast majority of Nigerians who are bearing the brunt of his incompetent and corrupt administration; that is why he cannot articulate any campaign message after the failed launch of his copied and widely spurned ‘Next Level’ mantra.

“All over the world, patriotic and obligated leaders, who are seeking re-elections, go to the electorate to canvass for votes with their messages and solutions.

“But our President and the APC have been busy procuring phony endorsements, harassing and intimidating opposition leaders, compromising the electoral body to create illegal voting centres, delaying election budgets and holding the process to ransom by refusing to sign amendments to the Electoral Act that eliminate avenues for rigging.

“Buhari, who is already reputed to have wrecked our once robust economy, crippled our critical sectors, entrenched corruption at the high places, and whose administration has dangerously divided our nation with escalated violence and daily bloodletting, is seeking re-election with no solution to offer on any critical sector of our economy.”

The PDP spokesman said Buhari had nothing to offer on security; and had no message on education, agriculture, health, energy, power, employment, manufacturing and other key sectors.

According to him, instead of seeking ways to make amends, the President has told Nigerians to be ready to face more suffering and hardship in the remaining part of his tenure.

A respondent, who spoke under strict condition of anonymity, noted that the PDP was becoming a laughing stock to itself and the rest of Nigerians as he asked, “Why should any reasonable party which had ruled the country for 16 years before be worried over whether or not a party that is just three and a half years in power delays its campaign for oncoming elections?

“Do not forget that this same PDP had just suspended its own campaign.  Have you journalists been able to find out why? The truth of the matter is that, they failed in their three major campaigns they did in three geo-political zones of North West (Sokoto), South West (Ibadan) and North Central (Ilorin) where they have been alleged to have either rented people from Niger Republic to form their crowd with even the Sokoto people among them giving them cross-slogan like ‘Nigeria!! Sai Buhari!”

“Recall also that we have on good authority that their North Central campaign was not a success as people of the base (Ilorin) of the Senate President and National Leader of the PDP, Bukola Saraki, where the campaign was staged not only conspicuously deserted the campaign but also went round town to chant the “O to ge” (Enough is Enough!) mantra to let Atiku and his campaign train know that Kwara State is not loner for Saraki that leads their campaign as director general,” he said.