APC presidential campaign flopped in South-south -PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PPCO)
has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign
flag-off in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom state, as a mockery of President Muhammadu
Buhari, stating that the alleged cold response by the crowd showed how
much Nigerians now begrudge him.

The director, Media and Publicity of PPCO, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Friday noted that,“It was a pitiable sight as an
embarrassed President Buhari could only slur, failed to articulate any
clear reason for seeking re-election and had to cut short his
presentation when he realised that the rented crowd, which refused to
carry APC brooms, was not paying attention to him.

According to him,”More embarrassing was that apparently miffed by Mr
President’s attempt at yet another false performance claims, the crowd
started leaving the venue of the rally at the time he was being handed
his party’s flag by his National Chairman,Adams Oshiomhole, a
development that led to a hurried closure of the event.

Continuing, the statement said, “Nigerians were alarmed when Mr
President claimed that the nation was secure under his rule, when there
are killings and daily blood-lettings in various parts of our country;
when insurgents who had been pushed to the fringes of the North-east by
the PDP administration, leading to the conduct of elections in all the
local governments in the country, have under the Buhari administration
spread to other states of the North.

“While Mr President was making his claims, insurgents had taken Baga;
there are killings going on in Zamfara and our soldiers and policemen
are being killed by terrorists due to the neglect of his
administration.

“Our citizens were further startled when President Buhari claimed that
he has achieved food security when in actual fact, there is hunger and
starvation everywhere. This statement not only confirms the Buhari
Presidency’s proclivity for false claim but also shows that Mr
President is completely insensitive to the plight of Nigerians.

“President Buhari further embarrassed his office on his claims of
commitment towards the war against corruption when he was surrounded at the podium, by individuals who are facing corruption allegations,
including the director general of his campaign organisation, Rotimi
Amaechi, the APC factional national chairman; his South-outh zonal Director,Godswill Akpabio, and a host of others.

“Furthermore,Nigerians are invited to note that our first lady, Aisha
Buhari, who was on the side of President Buhari throughout his 2015
campaign conspicuously, shunned Mr. President’s 2019 re-election flag
off apparently in fulfillment of her stance not to support him for a
second term if he failed in his first tenure,”the statement said.