The Presidency reported the violation, by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), of the Peace Accord which Presidential candidates of the political parties signed in December last year, ahead of February 2019 elections to the General Abdulsalami Abubakar and Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah’s National Peace Committee.
In a statement today, Tuesday, Presidential spokesperson, Malam Garba Shehu, accused the PDP presidential campaign organization of bad faith, character assassination and inflammatory utterances.
Garba Shehu said that the open and unsubstantiated allegations against the President’s family by the Atiku Abubakar media campaign contravenes the spirit of the peace accord that was signed at the instance of former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar , Bishop Mathew Kukah and other eminent public figures who constitute the committee.
“Dragging the President’s family into the campaign and accusing them of wrongdoing without producing unassailable evidence, amounts to an act of bad faith and malice,” he said.
“Instead of concentrating their efforts on persuading Nigerians on why they should be trusted to rule again after 16 years of failure, the PDP presidential campaign organisation is seeking to divert public attention from the large scale corruption and havoc it wreaked on the country during its 16 years of misrule.”
The Presidential spokesman said that, more than one week after accusing President Buhari’s family of corruption and wrong doing, the PDP presidential campaign still cannot provide proof of the allegations against them, despite being encouraged by the Presidency and the public to do so.
“Instead, they are ridiculously expecting the accused to prove their own allegations instead of it being the other way round.”
He accused the PDP presidential campaign of being indolent and poor in research, saying that it is irresponsible to go public with allegations that they could not prove, describing that as something other than politics.
“It is sheer desperation and a clear sign of disarray in the PDP campaign.”
