Atiku’s Camp ‘Exposes’ APC’s Plan To Derail 2023 Election, Tinubu’s Ally Fires Back

The Atiku Abubakar/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organization has exposed an alleged plot by the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to incite violence in order to derail the 2023 elections.

In a statement to newsmen on Friday, the Spokesperson of the campaign, Kola Ologbodiyan, accused Tinubu of designing and promoting a plot to incite violence and disrupt the smooth conduct of the 2023 Presidential election.

While stating that the former Lagos State governor is intimidated by the rising acceptance of the PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Ologbodiyan alleged that the APC presidential candidate has directed his party members to put aside decorum and deploy violence in the 2023 general elections.

He said: “Nigerians were horror-struck to watch the deflated and demystified APC Presidential Candidate inciting his supporters by stating that “political power is not going to be served in a restaurant, it is not served a la carte. It is what we are doing; It is being determined; you do it at all costs; fight for it, grab it, snatch it and run (away) with it.

“Tinubu’s directive that his supporters should “fight for”, “grab” and “snatch” political power with a confession that “it is what we are doing” validates apprehensions by Nigerians that the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign is behind the attacks on the campaign rallies of the PDP as well as the series of arson on the facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“It is now clear that the Tinubu/Shettima’s Campaign is in bitter condemnation of INEC’s decision to deploy the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and Results Viewing Portal as a ploy to incite their thugs against INEC, having realized that the direct transmission of election results will scuttle APC’s rigging plans.”

He said the inciting comment by Tinubu substantiates the suspicion by Nigerians that the alarm raised by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Major General Lucky Irabor, concerning pressures on the military to compromise the electoral process is pointing towards the direction of the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign.

The PDP spokesperson pointed out that “Nigerians can now understand why the APC Presidential Candidate avoided the signing of the Peace Accord; why he has not condemned or issued any caution against acts of violence linked to members of his party and why his body language and comments have demonstrably been in promotion of violence.

“After a thorough review of the inciting video in circulation, other inflammatory comments, and apparent tacit support for violence, it appears that the ‘The Emilokan of Bourdillon’ (it is my turn) has gone into a wave of “if I can’t have it then we destroy it” mode ahead of the elections.

“Our Campaign charges the security agencies to closely monitor the activities of the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign given its proclivity to violence and apparent plot to derail the smooth conduct of the 2023 general elections.

“The Atiku/Okowa Campaign commends Nigerians for being resolute in their determination to vote in the PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to commence the onerous task of ‘change the change’, rescue our nation and rebuild her prosperity from the misrule of the APC.”

Height Of Delusion

In a swift reaction, the Minister of Labour and Employment and Chief Spokesperson of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council PCC, Festus Keyamo (SAN), described the allegation by the PDP as the height of delusion.

He said the opposition party was already looking for excuses, adding that the PDP engaged in the same tactics of scaremongering in the lead-up to the 2019 general election.

“This is the height of delusion. This is the same unnecessary scare-mongering they engaged in before the 2019 election and they lost woefully. These same characters were behind such poor showing of the PDP then. They are doing the same thing the same way again and expect a different result.

“With a disjointed party, divided governors, and a comatose campaign, the PDP should realize the game is up. They are already finding excuses for their defeat. That is a very poor statement from the PDP’s latest recruit in this campaign!” Keyamo said.

This article was originally published on Naija News