Buhari remains ‘semi-literate jackboot’ –PDP

The Peoples Demo­cratic Party (PDP) has faulted the claim of the main opposi­tion party in the country, the All Progressives Party (APC) that PDP has re­neged on its pledge to re­strict itself to issues-based campaigns ahead of next year’s general elections.

National Publicity Secre­tary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, in a statement yesterday also faulted the statement of the APC National Publicity Scribe, Alhaji Lai Moham­med that the description of its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Bu­hari as “semi-literate jack boot” by the PDP National Secretary, Professor Wale Oladipo, amounted to reneg­ing on its commitment.

Metuh, in his reaction, submitted that the descrip­tion of General Buhari as “semi-literate jackboot was complimentary compared with the many instances of vicious attacks on the PDP presidential candidate and incumbent President, Jona­than Goodluck.

“There has never been any instance that we have mali­ciously attacked the char­acters of those on the presi­dential ticket of the APC; rather, we have been alive to our responsibility of offering public service so that Nige­rians will not be deceived. The particular statement by Professor Oladipo, referred to by the APC, which we even consider as compli­mentary, does not in any way compare with the many in­stances of vicious, malicious and provocative attacks on the person and office of our presidential candidate, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, after we made the commitment to en­gage in a decent campaign,” Metuh said.

He admonished the APC to walk its talk on commit­ment to issues-based cam­paigns, while citing instanc­es of derogatory remarks on the person of President Jonathan by certain APC chieftains, including its pres­idential candidate, General Buhari.