Buhari has not lost his respect, replies the PDP chairmanship

…says a crowd sponsored by politicians, terror sympathizers

The presidency on Tuesday accused the main opposition, the People’s Democratic Party, of allegedly adhering to “fake reports” about the stoning of the president’s convoy in Kano, putting the All Progressives Congress at odds with the federal government.

In a statement signed late Tuesday by the president’s Senior Special Assistant for Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the presidency argued that the crowd seen in a widely circulated video footage were “innocent children sponsored by politicians and terrorist groups.” sympathizers”.

The statement is titled “PDP’s sad celebration of the false news of Kano’s stone pelting of the president.”

Late Monday, the PDP condemned the attack on the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (ret.) in Kano, saying the attack was allegedly sponsored by APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu.

“Our party is alarmed that this attack is part of the APC presidential candidate’s alleged plot to undermine the presidency, sow confusion, provoke violence in the country, disrupt the conduct of the 2023 general election, and destroy our democracy. derail, now that he realizes he can’t win. in a peaceful, free and fair election process,” the main opposition said in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Debo Ologunagba.

But the Presidency disagrees.

It said: “The divisive rhetoric of an opposition in a futile attempt to defame the image of the president and All Progressives Congress candidates in the upcoming election, and his desperate wedge-driving activities to create a division between the party and the government is not what will bring them victory.

“A so-called leading opposition party that controls 14 states and goes into elections with eight or nine of the states in tow should look inward to see why their campaign is stagnant and doomed to fail.

“Their defeat is a predicted story by many discerning individuals.”

According to the presidency, facts from the law enforcement agencies speak of a clash in Hotoro between the local road transport authorities, the Kano Road Transport Authority and thugs hired by an as-yet-to-be-identified group that occurred while the president was being treated. to a banquet at Government House long after he had completed his projects.

It argued that “the stone bullets as seen on the video fighting the traffic police were innocent children sponsored by politicians and terrorist sympathizers. There is no place for violence in a democracy.

“The PDP should take the opportunity of the election to put forward their position in a democracy.

“If problems can be solved through conversation, there’s no room for the bricks, arson and unruly behavior we see in some campaigns.”

The presidency also urged religious and political leaders to divert the youth from the path of violence, adding that Buhari has not lost respect in Kano.

“The president was able to work for the development, safety and security of the lives of ordinary citizens and it was fortunate that the good people of Kano State appreciated him for the progress made by the state and the nation at large . make under him.

“It is equally unhealthy for the society and it becomes the duty of political, social and religious leaders to properly inform the misguided youth to shun the path of violence that is detrimental to their own future.

“Finally, I want to say that the president has not lost his command and respect in Kano.

“For those holding the border closure against him, they should realize that the city’s 60-70 integrated rice mills would not have stood today if he had allowed free smuggling to continue.” said.