2015: PDP accuses APC of reneging on issues-based campaign

Posted by NigerianReviews
Date: December 24, 2014

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, said it remained on the moral high ground on issues-based
electioneering ahead the 2015 general election, compared
to the All Progressives Congress (APC), which had never
shown its commitment towards the direction.

In a statement made available to newsmen by its national publicity secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, on Tuesday, the PDP dismissed the claim by the APC thatthe description of its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari as “semi-literate jackboot” by the PDP national secretary, Professor Wale Oladipo, amounted to reneging on the commitment on issues-based campaign.

According to Chief Metuh, “in the PDP, we occupy the moral high ground as far as our commitment to issues-based campaign is concerned. Our word remains our bond. Since we made that commitment, we have focused on issues.

“We have also taken up the responsibility of drawing the
attention of Nigerians to the obvious cases of
incompetence and failings of the APC and those who
aspire to the leadership of our nation through that
platform.
“There has never been any instance that we have
maliciously attacked the characters of those on the
presidential ticket of the APC; rather, we have been alive
to our responsibility of offering public service, so that
Nigerians will not be deceived.”
The party added that “it is on record that a few days
after the commitment alluded to by the APC, Kano State
governor, Rabiu Kwakwanso, attacked the person of
President Jonathan, describing him as an ‘incompetent
Commander-in-Chief.’ No personal attack could be more
vicious and unconscionable.”
“Also, the national chairman of APC, Chief John Odigie-
Oyegun, at the church event to mark the 60th birthday of
APC deputy national chairman (South), Chief Segun Oni,
in Ifaki-Ekiti, Ekiti State, attacked the person of President
Jonathan, describing him as ‘a misfit’ for the presidency
of the nation.
“Even my friend, Lai Mohammed, is not blameless. For
him to declare to the world that President Jonathan was
responsible for the killings of Nigerians by Boko Haram
insurgents, when he knows those whose utterances and
clandestine activities fuel the insurgency, smacks of
political mischief.” -Tribune