2019: Buhari govt has turned into ‘monitoring spirit’ against Atiku – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the Buhari presidency of abandoning its statutory responsibility and taking up the position of “lying, monitoring spirit” against its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

PDP said this while insisting that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari was endorsing lies against the former Vice President.

In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan yesterday, the former ruling party said the alleged lies by the Buhari government was an indication that the current administration was afraid of Abubakar.

The statement reads in part: “It is indeed despicable that President Buhari will continue to endorse the spinning of lies by his handlers against another Presidential candidate, including its false claims that Atiku Abubakar cannot travel to the United States, which Nigerians have since seen to be mere fabrications.

“Is it not ludicrous that the Buhari Presidency has abandoned its statutory duties and turned itself into a lying, “monitoring spirit” on Atiku Abubakar and his movements, yet it has not been able to produce any documentary evidence to substantiate its claims?

“President Buhari’s fixation on Atiku Abubakar, to the extent of sponsoring fabrications in a section of the media, only goes to show that he is intimidated by our candidate’s resume, his overwhelming popularity and policy direction, which have since amplified his (President Buhari’s) incompetence and lack of direction, as a result of which he is being rejected by the majority of Nigerians.

“Atiku Abubakar is a global figure and is not inhibited, in any way whatsoever, from traveling to any part of the world.

“However, he is not prepared to make the sky his office, unlike President Buhari, who unleashed a widely condemned taste for very expensive and wasteful gallivanting with our national fleet, while Nigerians wallow in abject poverty for neglect and abuse of resources.

“In any case, the PDP refuses to lose sight of the fact that our campaign is on the rescue mission and that Nigerians are looking up to our candidate for direction.”