ABUJA – The PDP has said the prayer of the APC presidential candidate for God’s blessing on it was a confirmation that the opposition party represents the aspiration of Nigerians for a better country.
In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, yesterday, PDP said fact that Tinubu made the prayer during campaign flag-off was a pointer that it was not a slip of tongue.
He added that it is instructive that the APC candidate had earlier in his speech allegedly admitted that Nigerians were “in distress”.
“Since Asiwaju Tinubu’s prophetic blessing on the PDP, our Party has been receiving flurries of calls, solidarity messages and visits from key members of the APC, who believe that his prayer is a divine act of God to point the nation to the right direction.
“It is apparent that Asiwaju Tinubu was speaking under the ostensible weight of the recent revelation of his indictment for narcotic trafficking which has become a huge burden from which he cannot extricate himself and for which he has lost all moral and legitimate capacity to occupy the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“This perhaps explains why Asiwaju Tinubu was incoherent and had no concrete message to Nigerians at the Flag-off of his campaign.
“It was pathetic as Nigerians watched with pity as the APC presidential candidate who is dazed by the intimidating credentials and popularity of the PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, could not articulate any solution to the myriad of problems brought upon our nation by the failed APC which he boasted of having installed and superintends over as national leader.
“Asiwaju Tinubu could not proffer any solution or idea to the challenges of insecurity, disunity, unabated killings, rising unemployment, tumbling Naira, collapsing economy with unprecedented debts of over N40 trillion arising from summersaulting macro-economic policies of his failed and corrupt APC government.
“The PDP counsels the APC to note that Nigerians are not ready to listen to a Presidential candidate like Asiwaju Tinubu, who continues to engage in insults, vituperation, and uncontrolled outbursts rather than focus on issue-based campaign.”
