The State Campaign Council of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State has described the flag-off Presidential Campaigns of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jos as a provocation of the sufferings of Plateau People.
In a Statement issued by the Directorate of Media and Publicity of the Campaign Council on Tuesday 15th November 2022, the council noted that “There is nothing for the people of Plateau State and there can be nothing for them in this desperate display of hunger for power.”
They went further to state that “In all there pains following wanton killings in their homes, where was the APC Presidential candidate? For all their groaning about lack of real life changing governance, where was their candidate?”.
The Council noted that “In another painful jab that is aimed at the dignity of the people of Plateau, the insensitive leaders of the crumbling APC have chosen to market their incompetence and malgovernance by flagging off their unsteady and controversial campaign in Jos.”.
According to the Council, “This type of ‘show of road’ could best have been left to local government council Chairmen rather than a whole governor stooping to this level. So then if not for a political campaign, the APC administration in Plateau has been comfortable leaving the people to keep coping with their potholes! It is really petty.”.
They stressed that “It is a clear statement that the best that the APC Presidential candidate can see of the DG of his campaign here at home are newly acquired flags, freshly painted campaign Secretariat and refilled potholes.”
The statement noted that “While it is true that Jos has become a historical referral point for deciding the political leadership of Nigeria in a democracy, those times cannot be compared to the serpentine process preferred by the APC in the game of opposition”.
The council noted that “While Jos had in the past offered freedom to political actors who were genuine in their practice of democracy, let the APC minders know that this time around the very ground upon which they will make some more false promises will reject them. And the story will be told in March 2023 that in 2022 when the APC held their flag off in Jos, hoping to also be counted as being lucky, they failed woefully as their presidential ambition crashed completely.”.
The statement stressed that “No amount of provocative show of unparalleled opulence evidenced by the over-decoration of the Rwang Pam Stadium can change the determination of the people of Plateau to end this mediocrity and pretention.”
In addition, the statement stressed that “…there can be truly no campaign issues to be marketed to the people of Plateau State. They are already aware of the secured legacy of failure, debts without projects, kidnapping unlimited, withheld salaries and mismanaged relationships and opportunities.”
The statement closed thus that “Plateau people are just waiting eagerly for payback time when they will march to the polling units in 2023 and put an end to this era of gross deception by the APC. Atiku Abubakar and Caleb Mufwang are the credible choices for providing unity purpose and leadership to usher in an era of rebuilding their disollusioned lives.”
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