Alhaji Bamanga Tukur
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, has reacted to a comment credited to People’s Democratic Party Chairman, Bamanga Tukur, on the forthcoming General elections.
Tukur had stated that, heavy war was imminent as far as 2015 general election is concerned. He said that, “a group has come up and wants to sweep the mat off our feet. We cannot allow that to happen.”
In its reaction, the CNPP in a release by its spokesperson, Osita Okechukwu, said “We are outraged because PDP is at it again; we are yet to recover from the drum of war earlier dished out by the desperate political party.
We regrettably recall the post-electoral violence which trailed Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s declaration of 2007 elections as –Do-or-Die-Battle. Since then it has been violence, violence and violence after each election; which renders families hopeless, fouls our democracy, breeds electoral apathy and impugns on the character of politicians.
The coalition called on security agencies to, as a matter of urgent national importance, query Bamanga Tukur for his “unpatriotic, undemocratic and inciting statement”, adding that “the least that is expected from an elder statesman at this critical time of unmitigated national insurgency is peace, peace and nothing but peace”
Continuing, the CNPP chrallenged the PDP to “release the Shiek Lemu Report which gave vivid account on how the PDP stimulated post-2011-electoral violence. Alhaji Tukur must be reminded that the 2015 election will be a referendum on the performance of the PDP Federal Government. Also that in the history of elections in liberal democracy, no electorate ever rewards an inept, corrupt and clueless government with votes and the Nigerian electorate cannot be an exception.
“Otherwise, are Nigerian voters expected to reward PDP for squandering N48.40 trillion which was realised from Oil Revenue between 2000 and 2011?
The outcome of which is dilapidated infrastructure, darkness and rickety social services.
“Can Nigerians vote for a regime that wants to impose Petroleum Tax; without recovering looted Fuel Subsidy Funds from Alhaji Bamanga and his PDP co-travellers’ children? Or do we reward a regime which harbours a serving Minister whose company, Pinnacle Construction siphoned Fuel Subsidy Fund?” the group queried.
“In sum, Alhaji Bamanga should stop beating the drum of war and rather accept the inevitability of regime change”, CNPP said.
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