The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has responded to the Peoples Democratic Party, stating that he and the party will be more focused on issues rather than trading insults.
The Director of Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, adding that the PDP descended into the pit of hatred because Tinubu reminded the party of its 16 years which left a mess for the APC government.
Tinubu, during the weekend, had called on the APC members not to hurl abuses at the PDP because the rival party which is saddled with a leadership crisis has no place in Nigeria’s future.
The PDP, in its response, described the APC as a “dead” party while it was strong, united and focused on its mission to rescue, rebuild and redirect the nation from the APC misrule.
Onanuga said, “Instead of the intensely incapacitated PDP to respond to the clear issues raised by Tinubu, the party abandoned all decorum and hurled personal abuses at him. This is usually the trademark of a party that has nothing to offer the people. No decent person expects the PDP to do better though. The party and its leaders were clueless as a ruling party and still rudderless in opposition.
“We have had cause in the past to state our objective in the five-month campaign leading to the February 25, 2023 presidential election not to trade personal insults. Our party and presidential candidate will focus on issues that are important to improving the quality of life of Nigerians.
“Let us make it clear to the PDP that the current APC government has many achievements to be proud of unlike the PDP that squandered and plundered Nigeria’s resources and could not even deliver a simple Second Niger Bridge to the people of the South-East that have always delivered votes for it since 1999. To the shame of the PDP and eternal credit to the APC, the President will commission the bridge this year.
“Doubtless, our party and candidates acknowledge the new challenges of insecurity and the economy. These are being confronted squarely by the Buhari regime. The incoming APC government as Tinubu revealed is already strategising on how to deal with the problems as governing is a continuum.”
