Tinubu; Amaechi
The All Progressives Congress
Presidential Campaign Council on Saturday condemned an alleged plot by
the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Peoples Democratic Party to cripple
the campaign of the party’s presidential candidate, General Muhammadu
Buhari (retd).
This was contained in a statement signed
by the Director Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential campaign,
Mr. Garba Shehu, in Abuja.
He said the APC Presidential campaign
condemned the plot by the Jonathan-led ruling Peoples Democratic Party
to clip the electoral success wings of the opposition APC, through a
proposed grounding of aircraft and freezing of bank accounts belonging
to stalwarts of the party.
According to him, the plot to destabilise
the APC and cripple its flag-bearer, General Muhammadu Buhari, may be
linked to the global attention on its candidate’s performance at the
United kingdom’s Chatham House last Thursday.
The statement partly read: “The hint we
gather from sources is that the government, through its agents, is
plotting to ground aircraft and freeze bank accounts of APC
stakeholders. But history has shown that the forces of evil can never
succeed against the zeal of men and women of virtue and good deeds.”
Shehu said information at APC’s disposal
had uncovered the plot by the Jonathan administration to use the
Aviation Ministry and the security service to hound and clampdown
members of the APC, by prospecting obnoxious means to halt and slow down
Buhari’s popularity.
“There
is also a plot to block or freeze the bank accounts of APC chieftains
like Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Rotimi Amaechi (Director
General of APC Presidential Campaign Organisation), and other prominent
leaders believed to be funding the General’s campaign; and availing him
their aircrafts for electioneering purposes,” Shehu said.
The APC Presidential campaign
spokesperson recalled that private jets conveying APC Governors, Amaechi
of Rivers State and Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, were either
prevented from taking-off or landing during crucial political occasions,
particularly during the Ekiti State gubernatorial elections that “saw
PDP’s Ayodele Fayose defeating Dr Kayode Fayemi, in a most controversial
military-assisted contest now known as Ekiti-gate Tape.”
When contacted, the deputy National
Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Abdullahi Jalo said, he was not
aware of any such plan and challenged the APC to produce evidence if it
had any.
He said, “The PDP will remain focused on
its campaign for this election. We will not be distracted by the
opposition. If they have evidence of any such plan they should make it
public.”
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