President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has been described to be of no match to the Presidential candidate, of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, in character, integrity, competence and public acceptance.
This was contained in a statement released by the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO) , signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, in reaction to a statement credited to the APC, that Atiku was yet to pass integrity test by Nigerians.
The PPCO noted that the APC, in raising the issue of personal character of candidates, in its statement, has unwittingly sunk President Buhari’s campaign by opening a flank that ultimately exposes him to public opprobrium.
According to the statement, the campaign organisation said "in as much as the PDP is committed to issue-based campaign and finding solutions to the myriad of problems the incompetent, divisive and extremely corrupt Buhari administration has plunged Nigeria into, our party is ready and will not hesitate to take on the APC, any time, any day on issues of personal character and integrity, which President Buhari is in clear deficit before Atiku Abubakar".
"It is on record that nothing incriminatory has ever been found on Atiku Abubakar, despite being the most investigated politician in our country, particularly by the Buhari Presidency; but can such be said of President Buhari, who has been jittery over Atiku Abubakar’s soaring popularity and acceptance across the board, ahead of the 2019 general elections".
The PPCO stated that, "In the interim, between President Buhari and Atiku Abubakar, Nigerians know the leader, who is allegedly bugged by integrity issues and under whose watch the Presidency became “fantastically corrupt”, with issues of certificate forgery and allegations of sundry frauds in which family members and close relatives are being mentioned".
"Nigerians are aware of the leader under whose direct watch, over N11 trillion has been allegedly stolen from the petroleum sector and billons of naira frittered away from the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIS) and other revenue agencies in the last three and a half years".
The statement reads that "the people are aware of the leader who has reneged in all his campaign promises; who stays aloof always to the plights of the people and only parades as pro-poor, just to win their votes".
"On the issue of achievement, the whole world knows the Nigerian leader whose allegedly corrupt administration plunged the nation into economic recession and who cannot point to any developmental project he initiated and completed in any part of the country or any personal contribution he has made to the development of the nation, either in office or as a private citizen".
The campaign organisation said, "since the APC has raised the issue of character, it should be ready to face the debate when the heat is on".
