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The PDP campaign called on the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to immediately initiate Tinubu’s arrest and prosecution.But in a swift response, the APC campaign team said it was certain that “the characters who still parade themselves as his spokespersons have lost their minds.”
“Court records show that Nigerian drug kingpin, Adegboyega Muiz Akande, ran an elaborate network of heroin traffickers in Chicago, Illinois, in the 1980s. “Tinubu, the political Maradona, quickly entered into an agreement with US authorities and forfeited $460,000 in order to avoid jail before running back to Nigeria. But this has not changed the fact that he was in cahoots with drug dealers and was their bagman.
He recalled that at a press conference in Abuja last Monday, the APC campaign had called on the security agencies to arrest, investigate and prosecute Atiku “for running Special Purpose Vehicles used to loot the treasury of the country, in what is now known as Atikugate.” “Our stand remains that Atiku Abubakar lacks the character to be the president of Nigeria. He is unfit to lead our country because he can be an easy target for compromises that will be against national interest. In a similar development, the APC yesterday descended on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party , Peter Obi, describing him as an “election merchant” who lacks the capacity to wriggle Nigeria out of the economic and social morass the country is enmeshed in.
Lukman said, “In terms of the person of Mr. Peter Obi, so far, his characteristics is that of a typical Nigerian politician who is more of an election merchant presenting himself every four years for election, even if it means changing political party. Lukman who said it was important to recognise the legitimate disappointment of Nigerians with the current leaders and the state of the nation, noted that it would remain a fallacy to imagine that a simple choice of a typical election merchant like Obi can resolve Nigeria’s challenges.
He noted: “The emergence of Asiwaju as the Presidential candidate of APC was the product of open internal contest in APC. Unlike most of the Presidential candidates of the other opposition parties, Asiwaju was not a product of imposition. It can also be argued that Alh. Atiku also won the PDP primary.
He told the people that if other candidates come with religious and tribal sentiments, they should tell them to provide jobs or show them where anybody is buying goods at cheaper rate because of where he comes from or because of his religion.
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