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Against the backdrop of the sudden scarcity of petroleum products in\u00a0some parts of the country\u00a0, the\u00a0\u00a0Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday laid the blame at the doorsteps of the opposition.<\/p>\n
The Federal Government had few weeks ago reduced the price of premium motor spirit from N97 toN87 per liter, but few days ago the product disappeared from stations even when petroleum sector workers are not on strike.<\/p>\n
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In a statement in Abuja, Presidential campaign spokesman, Femi Fani-Kayode attributed it \u00a0to sabotage by the All Progressives Congress (APC), which he said,\u00a0had infiltrated the ranks of the fuel marketers.<\/p>\n
According to him, ”\u00a0the fuel marketers have taken a sub-contract from the opposition to frustrate supplies of petrol to fuel stations as part of a grand plan to create tension in the polity”.<\/p>\n
According to Fani-Kayode, \u201cWe know who the fuel marketers are.\u00a0 We know the relationship that exists between one of the biggest fuel marketers and a national leader of the APC.\u00a0 These unconscionable opposition elements infiltrated the ranks of the fuel marketers, whom they have contracted, in a calculated attempt to frustrate the good efforts of government.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy have they taken this time when all hands are on deck for the\u00a0March 28\u00a0elections to cause this artificial fuel scarcity?\u00a0 The situation is so bad that they are not importing the product.\u00a0They are even threatening tank farmers not to release any fuel in their depot in order to sustain the shortage. We are aware that the tank farmers have reported the threat to the Police\u00a0and other security agencies.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis shows how desperate and wicked the opposition APC can be in their quest for presidential power.\u00a0 Must they make Nigerians suffer simply because they want to rule?\u00a0 They must desist from this act of sabotage.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe opposition should not take delight in celebrating over the pains and sufferings of Nigerians as they have continued to do with the Boko Haram attacks on our people and nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe APC\u2019s penchant to diminish the gallantry of our Armed Forces in the battle to defeat insurgency in the northeast zone whilst mocking the government whenever the insurgents bomb and take over villages in the zone, must be condemned by well-meaning Nigerians.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis predilection exposes and portrays the APC and its leaders as forces of retrogression with a devilish mindset to unleash the worst form of anarchy on the nation before, during and after the\u00a0March 28\u00a0presidential election because they know their party and presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari will be dealt a crushing blow\u00a0by President Goodluck Jonathan\u00a0at the polls.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe PDPPCO also wishes to use this medium to alert the nation on the lingering plot by the opposition elements who have been sponsoring their agents of destruction in the power sector to vandalise critical infrastructure in order to reduce the megawatts of electricity that is being generated and reverse the gains that government is making in the sector.”<\/p>\n
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