The National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),Olisa Metuh has alleged that leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have abandoned General Muhammadu Buhari to his campaigns for the February 14, presidential election.
Metuh, in a statement at the weekend, claimed that ‘’most leaders of the APC do not believe in the personality of Buhari, resulting in flip-flops and double standards that have been the fate of his presidential campaign.’’
“While key APC leaders like former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential aspirant, Sam Nda-Isaiah have since abandoned Buhari and his rickety campaign to an inclement fate, Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has not been able to hide his preference for a younger, more educated and more articulate candidate who is able to connect with the current generation of citizens as embodied in President Goodluck Jonathan,’’ Metuh noted.
“Recently, in his failed attempt to discredit the PDP Lagos state governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje, Governor Fashola betrayed himself by stating that Agbaje, who is only 57 years was too old to govern Lagos state. This is indeed the height of hypocrisy considering the fact that the same Governor Fashola is on the other hand campaigning for a 73-year-old Buhari to become the President of Nigeria.
Hear Fashola, “If you put an old man there, he cannot do it. If you call him in the night, he may not pick your calls”.
And we ask, who better fits into this picture than General Buhari who could not remember the name of his running mate at his campaign rally in Owerri and nearly fell while trying to climb up the stage in Calabar.
“It is instructive to note despite his later attempt to remedy the situation, deep inside his heart, Governor Fashola harbours an aversion to a Buhari Presidency as evidenced in his earlier statements.
While speaking to journalists recently again, Fashola said, ‘When 40-year-olds are now leading nations and our 40-year-olds can’t even get to the Senate, they can’t even become governors. Are we really preparing this generation for the future? Those are the issues really. We cannot point to success in other countries and refuse to do what those people are doing to get things right.’
“Is this not as many Nigerians put it, a coded way of saying Buhari is now way too old for Aso Rock?”, the PDP said. (Source and Photo credit: PT)