2019 elections: PDP mocks Buhari over ‘failed’ Abuja rally

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described “the scanty attendance” at President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign mega rally in Abuja on Wednesday as a parody and a further indication to Mr President and his All Progressives Congress (APC) that Nigerians have rejected them ahead of Saturday’s Presidential election.

According to a statement issued by Kola Ologbondiyan National Publicity Secretary and Director, Media & Publicity PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, in Abuja, the scanty attendance to most of President Buhari’s rallies in various parts of the country has further revealed that the APC only fabricated figures in their claims that 14.8 members of the APC voted for him at the flawed convention.

It stated: “Nigerians can now further see that the figures were concocted by APC leaders to give an impression that President Buhari has massive support across the country, as well as use it as a basis to allocate fictitious figures for him in the Presidential election.

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“President Buhari, who was pelted by Nigerians at his campaign rally in Ogun State on Monday, again slurred at the Abuja rally and, as usual, could not even articulate any meaningful message for his very scanty audience at the Eagle Square in Abuja.”

The PDP said the failed rallies, should serve as an ample signal to President Buhari and the APC that Nigerians have moved ahead in rallying with the people’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and no amount of enticement or intimidation can change that resolve.

The PDP, therefore, urged officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to note the tide and extricate themselves from any form of entanglement or pact to rig the elections for President Buhari, as they will be doing so at their own peril.