The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has
described the choice of Professor Yemi Osinbajo
by General Muhammadu Buhari as his running
mate in the 2015 presidential election as ‘belated
and the height of incompetence’.
Professor Osinbajo was chosen on Wednesday,
six days after the emergence of General Buhari as
the Presidential candidate, the party pointed out.
The PDP also declared that the eventual choice of
Osinbajo was a confirmation of its stand that the
All Progressive Congress was the personal project
of a cabal commanded by former Lagos State
governor, Bola Tinubu, to expand its political and
economic frontiers.
In a statement by a PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh,
on Wednesday, the party said:
“should power get
to this cabal, who is desperate to control the
political and economic power centre of the nation,
then Nigeria is finished”.
“Whimsical Interference”
“By the choice of Osibajo, a well known acolyte of
Tinubu, who served under him as Attorney-
General and Commissioner for Justice, the APC,
General Buhari and Tinubu have boldly recreated
their well-known notoriety for sectional and
personal interests.
“It is particularly worrisome that General Buhari
has surrendered his first official responsibility of
choosing a running mate, invariably his powers to
Tinubu even before he goes to the field to ask for
votes.
“This is not surprising of Buhari, who has
consistently exhibited a track record of
incompetence. This is the same man who as
military head of state surrendered all his powers
to his second in command. The story of his
headship of the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) is
not different, as he also got lost before the flurry
of portfolios of paid consultants.
The statement further stated that the “whimsical
interference in the choice of candidates for his
party not only muddled up the process but ended
up creating an electoral malfeasance and
confusion that eased out federal lawmakers
elected on the platform of the CPC from his
native Katsina state”.
“Our citizens should indeed be concerned about
this: that it took the APC, six days to produce its
vice presidential candidate and that the founder
and funder of the party, Tinubu, as always, had
his way. No doubt, this is how Tinubu is going to
impose his mercantilist interest on major
decisions affecting the entire country.
“This is the problem with the APC, a political
party built on the narrow interests of very few
individuals. Any political party that subjects its
collective will to the whims of an individual, as it
is with the APC, is indeed not ready for
leadership.
“Fortunately, the PDP offers to all Nigerians a
truly national party and a Jonathan/Sambo ticket
ready to build a better tomorrow.
“In PDP, the focus remains to ensure that we
continue to deliver on our promises and put the
interests of Nigerians first in all our party
decisions and policies of our government.”
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