The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has queried why the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was yet to respond to allegations that he is the promoter of the increase in VAT, electricity tariff, import duties, Stamp Duty, fuel price hike as well as other exploitative tolls by the APC- the federal government, from which he allegedly benefits through many stooges in the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and other revenue generating agencies of government.
The PDP, while reacting upbraid by the former Lagos State governor who at a forum wondered why the party (PDP) was still in existence, claims that Nigerians are aware that he is in the presidential race not to serve but to gain control of the nation’s treasury so as to expand his exploitative enterprise and economic empire beyond Lagos State.
Hon. Debo Ologunagba, PDP’s National Publicity Secretary of the PDP said in a statement that the needless opprobrium of his party by the APC stalwart was “divert attention from the main issues of the failures of the APC government by making derogatory remarks on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’.
“Such fixation on the PDP only exposes Asiwaju Tinubu as a paper candidate who is confused, nervy and intimidated by the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the achievements of the PDP, which stared him in the face in mortal fear of failure ahead of the 2023 general elections.
“Unlike the APC that is dead, the PDP is not only alive and existing as acknowledged by Asiwaju Tinubu in his statement, but also strong, united and focused on its mission to rescue, rebuild and redirect our nation from the misrule of the APC.
“It is distressing that Asiwaju Tinubu speaks like someone under the influence with incoherent discourse and absence of mind that further expose a lack of leadership capacity, especially at the Presidential level”.
The PDP further maintain that It was rather shameful that the APC presidential candidate alluded to the nation’s railway system which it says was revitalised by the PDP administration but the same that has now been painfully surrendered to terrorists and bandits by the APC government.
“From his incoherent discourse, the APC Presidential Candidate appears to be battling with issues of ethical challenges and ineligibility to contest election on account of inconsistencies in his educational qualifications, name, ancestry, age, corruption allegations among myriads of issues.
“Moreover, Nigerians have realized the futility of Asiwaju’s non-existent and heavily concocted achievements, influence, leadership prowess and skills.
“Nigerians gave Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu the benefit of the doubt but he failed them by engineering a deceitful government leading to the ugly indices of insecurity and bloodletting, economic hardship, unemployment, disunity and low life expectancy imposed on our nation in the last seven years”, Hon. Ologunagba stressed.