By Doris Israel Ijeoma
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday advised the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu to withdraw from the race following the alleged hiring of “unknown” bishops and other clergymen to give validity to his same-faith ticket.
The call came at a press conference addressed by Hon. Debo Ologunagba, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, at its national secretariat in Abuja, where he argued that the hiring of the individuals was a nauseating, blasphemous and provocative act of desperation by a sinking political party.
The party spokesman accused the ruling party flag bearer of hiring fraudsters, touts and other people of questionable characters to pose in vestments to orchestrate an endorsement.
“Now that the APC presidential candidate has lost the basic required leadership integrity and having been exposed and roundly rejected in his ancestral home State of Osun, the South West and across the country; our Party counsels him to immediately withdraw from the 2023 Presidential race to avoid further disgrace.
“Nigerians cannot afford to have fraudsters, liars, deceivers, perjurers, swindlers and corrupt individuals at the helm of affairs in our country. Such individuals can only superintend over a deceptive, fraudulent and duplicitous administration and worsen the woes faced by our nation under the current inhumane and rudderless APC administration.
“The APC Presidential candidate and his party should know that it is in his own interest to withdraw from the race as it will be futile to go into an election in which the Will and aspiration of the people are manifestly against him and the APC.
“Asiwaju has no political fighting chance in the face of the soaring popularity of PDP’s very competent, candid, transparent, people-oriented and much more prepared Presidential Candidate, His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar at the poll”.
