hostilities in the Presidency is as a result of the confusion that had
enveloped the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Buhari
Presidency over the brazen stealing of the Presidential mandate that
Nigerians freely gave to the PDP and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar in
the February 23, Presidential election.
According to a statement signed by Kola Ologbondiyan,”The party says
the vicious fight for positions as ‘booty’ of a stolen mandate further
exposes the APC and the cabal in the Buhari Presidency as power
mongers who are only interested in power grabbing, treasury looting
and plundering of our national patrimony and not in the welfare of
Nigerians.
“In the past few days, Nigerians painfully watched a reality show of
the fate that had befallen them in the past four years, as persons
close to the President openly declared that a cabal has been running
the affairs of our nation.
“Nigerians watched as a faction within the power-grabbing APC, in a
loud protest in our nation’s seat of power, Abuja, earlier in the
week, listed the Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, Mr. President’s cousin,
Mamman Daura and his long-standing friend, Isa Funtua as members of
the said cabal that have appropriated the Presidency and held
President Buhari hostage.
“In a counter-protest, the supporters of the cabal had also accused a
prominent APC governor of a North West state and his ‘brother’, who is
a prominent former minister and former governor of a South south
state, as those fanning the embers of discord in the Presidential
Villa to achieve their desperate ambition for power in 2023.
“The despicable scenario is a pointer to the disposition of the APC,
as a sanctuary of power mongers and looters, as well as accounts for
the unpardonable selfish reason the APC and President Buhari’s
handlers rigged the Presidential election.
“Moreover, this shameful in-fighting, dragged to the streets, is a
further confirmation of President Buhari’s incompetence and leadership
failure, which is directly responsible for the painful economic and
security situation which our nation has been sunk in the last four
years.
“The PDP notes that the harsh reality is that, with the situation at
hand, there is no hope in sight for our nation under the APC and the
Buhari Presidency.
“Nevertheless, while the PDP stands with millions of Nigerians in the
determination to retrieve our stolen mandate at the appropriate
judicial panels, our party finds it ludicrous that in the face of
herculean challenges confronting us as a nation, the concern of the
APC and Buhari Presidency is the sharing of ill-gotten electoral booty.”