No Pact with Buhari for One Term, APC Says

No Pact with Buhari for One Term, APC Says

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked the rumour being peddled
by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that General Muhammadu Buhari will
spend only one term in office if elected President, saying it is the creation of
the PDP which is seeking to play a section of the country against another.
"The APC will not abridge the right of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to spend the
constitutionally-guaranteed two terms as President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria if elected in the 28th March poll," the party said in a statement
issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed.
"No conditionality whatsoever was attached to Gen. Buhari's candidacy. He
won the party primaries fair and square in a globally-acclaimed transparent
manner, and he was neither a compromise nor a consensus candidate, hence
there is no need for him to make a deal with anyone.
"We are therefore telling Nigerians to disregard the tales by the moonlight
which some PDP elements are yarning, in their desperation to muddle the
waters ahead of the forthcoming elections and create disaffection between a
section of the country and another."
Mohammed said his party had ignored the rumour all along because it was
being peddled by fringe elements in the PDP, but decided to put the record
straight once and for all after those who were thought to be saner elements
in the ruling party started parroting the same incredulous lies.
"This myth that Buhari will spend one term, after which power will return to
the South-west, is along the same line as the outlandish claim that our Vice
Presidential Candidate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has sworn to an oath to resign in
favour of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu once elected,” Mohammed said.
"The question to ask is: When will the PDP stop this campaign of calumny
and character assassination against our candidates and leaders? When will
they stop this one-day, one-lie nonsense?
"The truth is that Gen. Buhari's candidacy has brought out the worst in the
PDP leadership and supporters, including Mr. President and his wife.
Unfortunately for them, the more they campaign against our candidate, the
more popular he becomes.
"Perhaps the PDP would have stood a better chance of winning the
forthcoming polls if its State Governors, in particular, had devoted as much
time and energy to running their states as they have devoted to maligning
Gen. Buhari.”