The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday, cautioned Nigerians to beware of what he called sugar-coated promises of his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Atiku Abubakar.
“We need to warn Nigerians to be wary of the sugar-coated promises of former vice president, Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Democratic Party as they embark on their inordinate and desperate campaign to gain power at all cost,” Tinubu warned.
Atiku, through his presidential campaign council, had on Friday implored security agencies to place the APC presidential campaign council on watch list, following what he alleged to be comments made by Tinibu that could incite violence and disrupt the smooth conduct of the 2023 presidential election.
PDP also accused the APC presidential candidate of perceiving the 2023 election as a war.
But hitting back at Atiku and the PDP, Tinubu urged Nigerians not to be fooled by the fake history being written by the major opposition party about its 16-year rule when it ought to have remained shameful of its governance record.
Imploring Nigerians to ignore whatever Atiku says, he described the PDP candidate as a bloody liar and a desperate politician who should never be trusted.
Speaking through the director, Media & Publicity, of the APC presidential campaign council, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu expressed shock that Atiku could still be bold to look Nigerians in the face and ask for their votes despite what his boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo, had written about him.
Onanuga noted in a statement that, “A party that should be eternally shameful about its appalling record in governance between 1999-2015 is now busy rewriting history, embellishing the locust years as if it was a golden era in our history.
“Of course, this is fake history at its worse. We are not fooled. Nigerians should also not be fooled about the boldfaced lies, being articulated by the candidate and his party.
“What is more shocking is Atiku’s audacity in standing up to ask for our votes despite what his boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote about him in his book, ‘My Watch’. Obasanjo wrote that it would have been an unpardonable mistake “and sin against God to foist him on Nigeria”. Obasanjo still believes so till tomorrow.
“Our advice to Nigerians is to ignore anything Atiku Abubakar says. He is a bloody liar and a desperate politician who should never be trusted. Atiku is not coming to recover Nigeria from anything, he is only coming to restore it back into his pocket and those of his cronies.”
Article updated 2 months ago. Content is written and modified by multiple authors.
