PDP mocks Buhari, says president already a failure

The Peoples Democratic Party on Friday urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to accept the fact that he is a failure.

The opposition party said this in a statement titled, “You are already a failure, PDP mocks Buhari…says lame attempt at damage control can’t help APC,” signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja, on Friday.

This was in response to a statement credited to the President in which he promised not to leave office as a failure.

Buhari made the remarks after a meeting with service chiefs in Abuja, on Thursday.

But the PDP maintained that Buhari had already failed in governance and would leave as a failure.

The opposition party said Buhari’s veiled admission of failure smacked of a tactic to exonerate his party, the All Progressives Congress, “which now only exists on paper, will soon fizzle from our political firmament, having shown itself as a perverted platform that cannot be entrusted with governance at any level in our country.”

The PDP said, “President Buhari and his APC have failed in their three-pronged promises of security, anti-corruption and economic development.

“They have instead wrecked all sectors of our national life with no hope in sight.

“What explanation can the Buhari Presidency and the APC offer for failing to decisively tackle terrorists, insurgents and bandits, who are daily ravaging our communities, killing and maiming our compatriots in various states across the country, despite the huge resources at their disposal?

“How do President Buhari and APC leaders sleep at night when they know that due to their incompetence and compromises, hundreds of Nigerians, including schoolchildren are languishing in kidnappers’ den at the mercies of their assailants and the elements?”

The PDP said Buhari failed in his responsibility as Commander-in-Chief, claiming that non-state actors had taken over the control of the country.

But in response, the Chairman of the Buhari Media Organisation, Niyi Akinsuyi, dismissed the opposition party’s claim as an attempt to divert attention from its failures first as a former ruling party and even now in opposition.

Akinsiju said, “The PDP is trying to turn fact on its head. Every reasonable Nigerian knows that the Buhari-led APC administration is prudent and has justified every kobo that has been earned since 2015 when he took office.

“We are all witnesses to the giant strides in terms of infrastructure we are seeing all over Nigeria today.”