Disqualification Of Buhari From Presidential Poll: APC Has Lied Once More - Fani-Kayode
The PDP has reacted to the APC's claim that PDP plans to disqualify Buhari at the last minute with a kangaroo court injunction, with their own press statement. Read below:
Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party
Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO), Chief Femi Fani-Kayode said
yesterday that the All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesperson, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, has told yet another lie about speculated the
disqualification of the APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu
Buhari from the March 28 election.
Fani-Kayode in a swift reaction to Mohammed on the issue said, “Lai Mohammed has told yet another dirty lie. What on earth is our business with Buhari's court case?
“We know that he does not have a certificate and that he was not
eligible to contest but we have moved on from there and we are ready to
meet him in the field. The truth is that the APC are suffering from all
manner of paranoia and they have lost touch with reality.
“They are the proverbial conspiracy theorists who are so consumed by
their own morbid fears that they sleep in their wardrobes and under
their beds every night. Each time someone knocks at the gates of their
homes they wave their hands in the air, they shiver and scream and they
say ‘the President has sent the security people to come and arrest us’.
“Frankly they deserve to be pitied. They see government conspiracies
everywhere and they have become prisoners of their own wild
hallucinations. The truth is that we are not in the least bit
interested in General Buhari's travails at the court and we are not in a
position to influence the decision of the judge or the outcome of the
case one way or the other.
The truth is that
we are not in the least bit interested in General Buhari's travails at
the court and we are not in a position to influence the decision of the
judge or the outcome of the case one way or the other.
“The problem with the APC is that they cannot appreciate the difference
between the judiciary and the executive. They are so primitive that they
cannot comprehend the concept of '’separation of powers’. Simply
because General Buhari himself controlled the courts and threatened
judges when he was in power he thinks that the same thing is happening
31 years later under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.
He does not appreciate the fact that times have changed and that our
courts and judges are fiercely independent and deeply courageous.
“We wish General Buhari well in his case tomorrow but frankly speaking
it is the last thing on our minds and we are not losing any sleep over
it. Our prayer is that, whichever way, the rule of law is upheld and
that justice is done.
“We also hope that he is not disqualified so that we have the
opportunity to deal with him once and for all and demystify him at the
polls. It would be a cruel act to deprive us of the opportunity of
bursting his bubble once and for all and to humiliate him at the polls.
“We also hope that
he is not disqualified so that we have the opportunity to deal with him
once and for all and demystify him at the polls. It would be a cruel
act to deprive us of the opportunity of bursting his bubble once and for
all and to humiliate him at the polls.
“We must remember that it was the Director General of the Buhari
Presidential Campaign Organisation, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, that has
interfered with the work of the judiciary in his state and that has
attempted to intimidate the judges by shutting down the state High
Courts for the last one year.
“It is interesting to note that when the same APC that is now calling
into question the integrity of the judiciary got an injunction from the
Lagos State High court to stop the broadcast of the infamous
‘Lion of Bourdillon’
documentary they did not complain about government interference in the
judiciary at the time. Neither did they complain when they got another
order from the Lagos State High Court to stop the Commander in Chief of
the Armed Forces, President Goodluck Jonathan, from deploying troops to
help secure lives during the election.
Our advice to them is to grow up, get real and prepare for the greatest humiliation of their lives on March 28.”
“When things go their way the courts are good but when they suspect that
they may not they then make baseless and childish allegations that have
no basis in logic or reality. Our advice to them is to grow up, get real and prepare for the greatest humiliation of their lives on March 28.”
Signed:
Chief Femi Fani-Kayode
Director of Media and Publicity
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