Lanre Issa-Onilu, spokesman of
the All Progressives Congress (APC), says former president Olusegun Obasanjo is
haunted by his actions while in office, especially with regards to the conduct
of elections.
Issa- Onilu said Obasanjo “would
realise that he is not God” after the presidential election.
He was reacting to allegations by
Obasanjo that the APC-led federal government had concluded plans with the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the elections.
“For eight years of Obasanjo in office,
all the elections he held, infact, government policies were determined by
whatever mood he found himself,” the APC spokesman said on Sunday.
“He cannot imagine that a
government will allow INEC the statuary independence that it has. We have had
93 elections or more since APC came to power, and you can be sure that all
those elections were conducted without government interference.
“We can understand where the
former president is coming from, his past is haunting him, he imagines that
perhaps the way he did it is the same way we will do it.”
The APC spokesman advised
Obasanjo to adjust himself to the reality of an imminent defeat.
“He has carried himself about as
the dispenser of our destiny and God is showing him clearly that he has just
only been lucky,” he said.
“And the favour that God has done
to him, he now considers as the things that are coming from him.
“I think it is time for him to
smell the coffin, this election will come and it will be free and fair, APC
does not have any reason to rig it.”
Issa-Onilu said the presidential
debate missed by President Muhammadu Buhari was only important to those seeking
power.
“The president does not have to
give reason for now attending that debate,” he said.
“Let me reiterate like I have
said earlier, the debate is just one of several platforms for our candidate to
engage with the public. We pick the platforms that are impactful and we are the
one to determine which one we want to use.
“Debate with who? That’s an
insult. That the president will come and debate with who? The debate the
president is having is what he did in Niger state – [Niger people] can look to
a brighter future. The people of this country, everywhere they go they see
development, they can see projects going on. So these are the debates that the
president is already engaging with the public.
“That particular debate could be
important and I think it is important to those seeking power not somebody who
has has a lot speaking for him already.”
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