Buhari, Tinubu Are Not Democrats –PDP

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party  has told the leader of Congress for Progressive Change, Maj.- Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to stop parading themselves as saints and democrats.

It  said it had taken stock of the activities of the two men and  came to the conclusion  that they were bitter because they knew  that “they will lose the 2015 general elections despite  the so-called merger of their parties which is built on deceit, corruption and falsehood and as such want to invent excuses” ahead of time.

PDP Acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Tony Okeke, in a statement in Abuja said, “Buhari and Tinubu, who are well-known despots, lack the moral justification to pontificate on democracy,especially when all their actions are dictatorial.”

But the ACN, through its spokesperson, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, berated the PDP, saying  its leadership lacked knowledge on happenings in the party.

Mohammed asked the PDP  leadership to look inward in  order to be able to  realise that there were works to be done in-house before it  could accuse others of inaction or dictatorship.

Okeke said, “In 2003, he forced John Nwodo Jr. and other presidential candidates in the then All Peoples Party  to step down for him,  leading to the famous ‘I weep for Nigeria’ statement by Nwodo. In 2003, Buhari imposed himself and failed. In 2007 and 2011, he imposed himself and failed. If he imposes himself and his lackey, Tinubu or Tinubu’s wife as a  running-mate in 2015, he will also fail.”The statement also described Tinubu as a man lacking in democratic credentials.

Okeke said, “Tinubu has been going around making statements to portray himself as a hero of democracy from which imaginary pedestal he continues to vilify and accuse the PDP of working against Nigeria’s democracy.”It is to say the least, rather pathetic that the opposition leader has failed to realise that Nigerians have since become fully aware of his  antecedents  as he has continued to exhibit crass dictatorship in the leadership of the ACN and states controlled by the ACN.”

Mohammed, however, carpeted Okeke on his claim, saying he had little or no knowledge of issues he was raising.He said, “Oluremi Tinubu represents Lagos Central Senatorial District while Mamora was representing Lagos East. You can see the level of ignorance from the people who are representing the self-acclaimed biggest political  party in Nigeria.”

He said, “The PDP seems not to know the different between endorsement and election. Endorsement does not stop election and primary.”What is happening in Rivers State is a case of intolerance. What happened in Bayelsa State when  Timipre  Sylva was stopped by a single person, was that not the height of dictatorship. The PDP is known for intolerance.”