The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO)
has dismissed the rebuttal by the Peoples Democratic Party over the
distasteful front page newspaper advertorial by Governor Ayo Fayose,
promoting a death wish on General Muhammadu Buhari.
A statement from the Directorate of Media and Publicity of the APC
presidential campaign on Tuesday said that the denial of PDP advertorial
signed by Governor Ayodele Fayose by Femi Fani-Kayode, is “merely a case
of a master dissociating himself from the errand boy after the message had
backfired.”
According to the APC Campaign, the response of the ruling party is “too
casual and off-handed to impress anyone. It doesn’t sound convincing. The
PDP needs to take this issue more seriously to underscore its commitment
to the sustenance of Nigeria’s democracy and the non-violence pact entered
into by the party and its presidential candidate.”
The statement, signed by the Director of Media and Publicity of the
APCPCO, Mallam Garba Shehu says further that: “It is very irresponsible
for the PDP to want to distance itself from the death threat to General
Buhari, made by not only a sitting governor of the PDP but also a high
ranking member of the PDP Presidential Campaign Committee.
“Just in case the PDP had forgotten, what was Fani-Kayode thinking in his
mind when he challenged General Buhari to make a jog round a field? Was it
to put him through a body fitness workout or to plant a sniper somewhere
around the field?
“Whatever the intention of the PDP was, about the health status of General
Buhari, we in the APC Campaign believe in the exclusivity of the divine
role in the matters of life and death.
“It is not difficult for Nigerians to discern what the PDP odd intention
towards the APC and its presidential candidate is. The PDP’s uncivilised
death plot only exposes the mindset of the party and their cohorts.
“That the PDP can place such noxious campaign advertorial into the public
domain, in a desperate attempt to promote an incompetent incumbent
president is tantamount to PDP’s tradition of violence and victimization,
as well as an eloquent commentary on how President Goodluck Jonathan runs
his administration,” the party said.
The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation restated its request for an
independent investigation into the PDP threat against its presidential
candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the safety of Buhari and a
free and fair election on February 14.