The All Progressives Congress
(APC) says the Igbo will not gain anything if Atiku Abubakar, presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is elected.
The ruling party said this in
reaction to the endorsement of Atiku by Ohaneze Ndigbo.
The Anambra state government has
since distanced itself from the endorsement of the PDP candidate.
Speaking with journalists on
Friday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC
spokesman, said the ambition of the PDP candidate does not enjoy the support of
most people of the south-east.
“With a few members of Ohaneze
falling for Atiku’s antics, it has now become clear that the purported
endorsement of Atiku’s presidential ambition does not enjoy the support of most
of the Igbos,” Issa-Onilu said.
“One of such proofs is the
statement by the Anambra state government’s dissociating the state from the
dubious endorsement of Atiku contained in the equally disputed communique.
“It would now seem that few
people in Ohaneze are trying to misrepresent the interest of the Ndigbo and we
wonder whether these people are part of Atiku’s friends that he has promised to
make rich as a cardinal policy of his government?
“Many questions beg for answers.
Besides the deceitful restructuring promise, what else do the Igbo stand to
gain from an Atiku presidency? Nothing!
“Could it be that Atiku and the
PDP’s restructuring rhetoric is selective and bespoke for specific audiences?
The answer is yes! Atiku’s restructuring rhetoric is simply a convenient, simplistic
and populist gimmick aimed at whipping up and exploiting perceived sentiments
ahead of the 2019 elections.”
The spokesman said Nigerians
should be wary of “Atiku and his PDP ilk who in their desperate quest for power
are ever ready to play fraudulent political games and parade themselves as
ethnic champions to the gullible.”
“Atiku has refused to speak on
the nature of the restructuring that he is cashing in on. But little wonder
because he is transactional in nature. Atiku has no plan for this country and
he is not pretending about it,” he said.
“He has said it clearly and on
many occasions that he is seeking power to be able to sell off national assets
to make his friends and himself rich. There is no doubt that Atiku only intends
to use and dump the Igbo people.
“Ndigbo should not forget that it
was during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Atiku
as vice that Nigeria’s political history witnessed the frequent manipulated
changes to the Senate Presidency and setting of Igbo brothers against one
another for political gains.
“Without playing to the gallery,
the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration has pursued a deliberate
policy of probity, inclusive governance and national spread in the allocation
of our national resources and developmental projects across the country.”
Issa-Onilu said the APC remains
the most sincere political platform working to ensure better inclusion of all
geo-political zones in the country.
“Their antecedents does not
synchronise with the image they now purport which is dangerous. They are
latter-day converts on the issue of restructuring who hitherto occupied public
offices and did nothing on the issues of restructuring,” he said.
“They have now regrouped to
exploit the issue of restructuring in furtherance of their selfish political
interests.”
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