The Presidency has urged the National Peace Committee chaired by former military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar to call the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to order.
Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement accused the party of flouting the peace accord signed by presidential candidates in December 2018.
He specifically accused the opposition presidential campaign organisation of exhibiting bad faith, character assassination and using inflammatory utterances against the President and his immediate family.
Shehu noted that the open and unsubstantiated allegations against the President’s family by the Atiku Abubakar media campaign contravenes the spirit of the peace accord that was signed at the instance of former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar , Bishop Mathew Kukah and other eminent public figures who constitute the committee.
“Dragging the President’s family into the campaign and accusing them of wrongdoing without producing unassailable evidence, amounts to an act of bad faith and malice,” he said.
“Instead of concentrating their efforts on persuading Nigerians on why they should be trusted to rule again after 16 years of failure, the PDP presidential campaign organisation is seeking to divert public attention from the large scale corruption and havoc it wreaked on the country during its 16 years of misrule.”
He added that, more than one week after accusing President Buhari’s family of corruption and wrong doing, the PDP presidential campaign still cannot provide proof of the allegations against them, despite being encouraged by the Presidency and the public to do so.
“Instead, they are ridiculously expecting the accused to prove their own allegations instead of it being the other way round,” the presidential spokesman said.
Accusing the PDP presidential campaign of being indolent and poor in research , Shehu noted that it was irresponsible to go public with allegations that they could not prove, describing that as something other than politics. “It is sheer desperation and a clear sign of disarray in the PDP campaign,” he said.
Recall that the opposition recently alleged that the President and some officials of his government were involved in dubious deals pertaining to Etisalat and Keystone Bank.
