APC Leaders behind Fuel Scarcity - Mu'azu

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party,(PDP) Adamu Mu’aazu, has alleged that the current fuel scarcity in the country was sponsored by some APC Leaders.

Mu’azu, in a series of tweets on his official Twitter page, alleged that the opposition leaders and some vested interests were behind the hoarding of fuel which, according to him, was responsible for fuel scarcity in the country.


He, however, did not mention the names of the opposition leaders.

The PDP chairman said the fuel scarcity was engineered to undermine the profile of President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the elections.

He said all plans to tarnish the image of Jonathan would not work.

He said in the tweets, “Concerned Nigerians have drawn our attention to the fact that some opposition leaders and vested interest are behind hoarding of fuel.

“Concerned Nigerians also draw our attention to plans by those who control the South-West disco to sabotage electricity in the zone.

“We assure Nigerians, they will fail. All their plans to tarnish the image of government will fail like all other previous attempts. We want to assure concerned Nigerians, especially all of you here on social media, that we will reverse this trend soonest.”

But the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Lai Mohammed, described the allegation as laughable.

Mohammed, in a telephone interview added that the allegation had further shown that the PDP was confused and terrified of imminent defeat at the polls.

He said,“If there is any further proof that someone is confused, I think this statement by Mu’azu is one of it. Who are the people bringing in refined oil products? Are they the opposition members? What is the business of the opposition with petrol scarcity or hoarding? Who are the people behind the oil subsidy scam? Are they opposition members?

“The PDP is completely clueless and frustrated. I will advise the PDP to just simply not bother to contest the elections. Our democracy cannot grow under their leadership. Nigerians now know that they cannot even clean their own mess.

“We should be the one making the allegations. We are sure that they are ready to attribute any little problem to the opposition. We are not ready to join issues with the PDP because we have better plans to fix Nigeria. The allegation is absurd.”

Mohammed later in an email statement said, “It is totally unconscionable, and indeed an admission of failure for a sitting government and a ruling party to blame the opposition for their failings.

“These guys have simply abdicated their responsibility to the people. They can as well throw in the towel and head for home.

“The questions to ask are: who runs the NNPC? Who pays subsidy to fuel marketers? Who has used federal resources to bribe individuals and groups to such a level that there is no money to run the government, let alone paying subsidies?

“The moment a ruling party starts transferring its responsibilities to the opposition, it is clear that the market is over.”