The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate Bola Tinubu to withdraw from the 2023 Presidential election.
The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP Debo Ologunagba, said this at a press conference on Friday in Abuja.
According to the party, they believes the APC presidential candidate has lost his fighting chance in the coming poll amid the controversy trailing the unveiling of his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima.
He said Asiwaju and the APC has no political fighting chance in the face of the soaring popularity of PDP’s very competent, candid, transparent, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar at the poll.
Tinubu’s choice of Shettima as his running mate in the election recently sparked outrage from various quarters, especially from the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) which rejected a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Despite the stance of the religious body, some pictures and videos went viral in which some Christian clerics were said to have attended the unveiling of Shettima signalling his acceptance as the APC vice-presidential candidate by the said clergymen.
Amid the mixed reactions trailing the development, some of the attendees reportedly said they were paid to attend the event, but the claim was vehemently rejected by Tinubu’s camp.
On its part, the PDP through its spokesman said the reactions that trailed the unveiling ceremony and the presence of the clerics suggested a massive rejection of the ruling party.
It insisted that was in the interest of the ruling party and its presidential candidate to withdraw from the 2023 elections to avoid what it described as a further disgrace.
According to the opposition party, Nigerians cannot afford to have ‘fraudsters, liars, deceivers, perjurers, swindlers, and corrupt individuals’ at the helm of affairs in the country.
Rather, it said it was poised for a winning campaign and open to suggestions and further collaborations with well-meaning Nigerians in a bid to liberate Nigeria in the 2023 general elections.