APC justifies Tinubu’s visit to Jonathan, slams PDP

The ruling All Progressives Congress has lashed out at the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its comments on the visit of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja.

Tinubu had last week visited Jonathan at the former President’s residence in the nation’s capital.

Speaking on the visit, the PDP, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said hobnobbing with Jonathan won’t save Tinubu from losing the 2023 presidential election.

The PDP added that Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, were trying to whitewash their past misdeeds against Nigerians, Jonathan, and the main opposition party.

However, the APC, in a statement issued on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, said the PDP has hit the “panic button in false alarm” for saying the move won’t help Tinubu and the ruling party in 2023.

The party added: “Again, the PDP proves itself as a party afflicted with chronic myopia, lacking in vision and incapable of recognising the imperative of elevating the common good of our country above partisan quibbles.

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“That party’s obsession with puerile partisanship blinds it to existential and strategic opportunities to heal old wounds, mend fences, and build bridges of national unity and harmony. Sadly, the PDP would rather fan the embers of hate and division.”

The APC further stated that Tinubu’s visit to Jonathan was a strategic move for national unity and cohesion, adding that the move was “worthy of commendation and emulation”.

It said: “The infantile outburst on the Asiwaju/Jonathan parley by the same PDP that claims to be on a self-styled mission to unify Nigeria only betrays the party’s extreme hypocrisy and folly.

“The PDP’s track record of 16 years of misrule, corruption and squandermania, remains indelible in the consciousness of Nigerians.

“Contrary to PDP’s laughable claim that the duo of Asiwaju Tinubu and Sen. Shettima are distancing themselves from President Buhari’s administration, it is on record that this government deftly managed two economic recessions, and pulled the nation back from the precipice where PDP’s years of atrocious rule left it hanging precariously.

“Our party and its presidential candidate are seeking the mandate of Nigerians to consolidate on the foundation of restoration and greatness that has been laid across all sectors by the Buhari administration. The PDP and it’s co-peddlers of hate and disunity cannot stop this noble aspiration,” the APC stated.

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