By Nicholas Ojo
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) should only be contesting to be the Grand Comedian of the Federal Republic and not Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, following his incoherent utterances.
Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communications to the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, made this known on Sunday.
He urged APC to replace its presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, so as to avoid further embarrassing scenarios occasioned by his continued miscues and gaffes.
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He opined that Tinubu’s gaffes already supply comedians, skit makers, meme-makers, and TikTokers with content, noting that he (Tinubu) is a self-writing joke and will make Nigeria a bye-word for scorn among the comity of nations, which is why he shouldn’t get close to power.
“If he is not saying that voter’s card has expiration date; he is saying that young Nigerians are Tweeting on WhatsApp or that 50million youths should be recruited into the Nigerian Army and be fed with Cassava in the morning, and Agbado in the night. How can you say Nigerians are Tweeting on WhatsApp? Come on, is that the kind of person we want to hand 21st Century Nigeria over to?
“In his latest gaffe at the Lagos rally, he asked Nigerians to get their APV in order to vote for APC when even primary school children know that the PVC is the only item that admits a voter into a polling unit.
“Without mincing words, Tinubu’s gaffes already supply comedians, skit makers, meme-makers, and TikTokers with content. He is a self-writing joke and will make Nigeria a bye-word for scorn among the comity of nations, which is why he shouldn’t get close to power.
“Truth be told, lack of mental depth complicated by dementia occasioned by old age is the most mis-recommending criterion against a Tinubu presidency. And examples abound to buttress this point.
“Just listen to any of his extempore speeches and what you find is lack of coherence, logic and verve. It is for the purpose of unmasking the real Tinubu and exposing him for who he really is, that we have challenged the APC standard-bearer to an hour-long television interview.”
Shaibu said the APC’S seven and a half year reign is a sad reminder of Nigeria’s arrested development since 2015 when they came to power.
He also said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s claim at the Lagos rally that Tinubu will lift Nigerians out of hardship and hunger was an indictment on the APC , an admission that indeed over 133 million Nigerians now live in abject poverty as reported by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
“Now they are selling a message of a renewed hope. It is common knowledge that darkness cannot cure darkness and sickness cannot cure sickness. How can the APC be promising to fix problems exacerbated by the APC? This is balderdash,” he said.
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Shaibu said that the most compelling reason for the APC to be de-registered is the fact that it has driven millions of Nigerians deeper into poverty since 2015, when it has been ruling the country, and spent trillions of naira procuring hunger, darkness and insecurity.
“If the APC are not keen on replacing this disaster of a candidate, they should in the alternative apologise to all Nigerians for bringing them nothing but suffering of unquantifiable proportion since 2015, and proceed to make a solemn pledge not to have anything to do with governance, especially with the February 25 election fast approaching,” Shaibu said.