The Peoples Democratic Party has ridiculed the emergence of Senator Abdulahi Adamu as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, saying he has a N15 billion case of corruption to clear.
The PDP was reacting to an earlier statement on Sunday by Adamu during his acceptance speech that the major opposition party was wearing a long, sad face because of the successful APC national convention.
The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Debo Ologunagba, said that the new APC National Chairman, Abdulahi was arranged for alleged theft of N15 billion.
The PDP challenged Senator Abdullahi and other leaders of the APC to clear the corruption charges against them.
Ologunagba said that what the APC did was a convention of lies, and a celebration of illegality and corruption.
“The Peoples Democratic Party mocks the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the imposition of Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, a man who was arraigned in Court on 149-count charge of alleged fraudulent award of contracts and stealing of public funds estimated at N15 billion, as its National Chairman.
“The PDP describes the APC jamboree in the name of a National Convention as a Convention of lies, celebration of illegality, corruption and arrogance in failure adding that any leadership birthed through such process can only be overtly corrupt, debauch and illegal.
“It is clear that with the combination of the corrupt, deceitful and rudderless Buhari-led APC government and the illegitimate Abdullahi Adamu-led party leadership, corruption, economic hardship and rudderlessness in the APC government will worsen in our country in the remaining one year of the APC in government.”
The PDP Spokesman said further that the national leadership of the APC clearly confirmed that President Buhari has not been committed to the fight against corruption.
He further challenged Abdulahi to tell Nigerians why he allegedly hid under technicalities to avoid trial at the Federal High Court, Lafia, Nasarawa State.
“The composition of the APC national leadership is a clear confirmation that President Buhari has never been committed to the fight against corruption as well as his willingness to further open our national vaults to ravenous treasury looters in the APC.
“The new APC Chairman should inform Nigerians why he was not courageous enough to submit himself to trial at the Federal High Court, Lafia, Nasarawa State rather than hide under technicalities. Senator Adamu should therefore come clean to Nigerians on the said case before parading himself as a saint.
“It is therefore pathetic to see Sen. Adamu showboating on stage to impress his puppet master by attempting to denigrate other Nigerians and our great Party, the PDP.
“Our Party has only pity for Sen. Adamu and does not intend to confer him an undue relevance with a response. Sen. Adamu should however be conscious of the fact that time does not run against the State in criminal matters. He should therefore not have any illusion that being an APC Chairman will avail him a perpetual cover.
“Moreover, it was appalling to see APC leaders come out one after the other at their national jamboree to spew out lies and false performance claims on the economy, infrastructure and security even in the face of biting economic hardship, high cost of living, excruciating fuel emergency, lingering crisis in the education sector and escalated insecurity that was happening real time and simultaneously when the ridiculous claims of achievement were being made.” He added
He restated the PDP’s position of the PDP that the “purported APC National Working Committee (NWC) does not have the legitimacy of office as the process that produced it under the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) remains unconstitutional and flawed.”
He cautioned aspirants intending to participate in the 2023 general elections under the APC to note that they are on a journey to nowhere with the APC.
