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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Nigerians not to vote for the All Progressives Congress(APC) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, because he has nothing to offer.
Addressing a press conference at the party’s secretariat on Saturday, Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, said Nigerians should not waste their votes, but vote for the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
“Tinubu has nothing to offer, but should go home and face the issues of inconsistencies in his educational qualifications, name, ancestry, age as well as corruption allegations,” he said.
He also said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has no valid candidate for the 2023 presidential election.
According to Ologunagba, the nullification of the candidacy of Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has confirmed the stand of the party that the executives and candidates put together by Governor Mai Mala Buni were illegal.
A Federal High Court in Abuja had last week nullified the nomination of Oyetola and his deputy, Benedict Alabi, as APC candidates for the July 16 governorship election in Osun State.
Justice Emeka Nwite nullified the nominations of Oyetola and his deputy on the grounds that Buni, who handed tickets to the duo, erred in law by occupying two executive positions contrary to the Constitution.
Olgunagba said the import of the judgment of the Federal High Court is that every decision made by Buni, including supervising the election that produced the Abdullahi Adamu APC leadership and by extension, the primaries that produced Tinubu, is null and void.
“The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, September 30, 2022 nullified the candidature of Governor Gboyega Oyetola in the July 16, 2022, Osun State Governorship election on the ground that his nomination was invalid, having been conducted and submitted by Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, in violation of Section 183 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).
“The Congresses as well as the National Convention which produced APC EXCOs including the Sen. Adamu Abdullahi-led NWC is void. In effect the primaries and Presidential Convention conducted by the Sen. Adamu led NWC, including the nomination of Ahmed Bola Tinubu as Presidential Candidate of the APC is invalid, null and void ab-initio,” he said.
Meanwhile, the National Punlicity Secretary has disclosed that the PDP will officially flag off its 2023 presidential campaign on Monday, October 10, 2022 ,in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital.
Ologunagba added that the party was prepared for issue-based campaign.
“The PDP will take our campaign to all the states, local government areas, wards and polling units across the country under the Unified Campaign Structure as approved by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of our party,” he said.