The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has accused the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of peddling falsehood and misinformation about the comments of president Buhari.
The council alleged that Atiku threw caution to the wind in Port-Harcourt on Monday when he alleged that President Buhari called for violence when he campaigned in Zamfara state.
According to the statement signed by the Official Spokesperson of the Director of Strategic and Communications of the Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, “Nothing can be farther from the truth. The Hausa word the President used in Zamfara, which has been taken out of context, is “fitna”. Incidentally all our Hausa language scholars have said the word means different things: it means distress, trial, affliction or temptation. It can also be used to describe rebellion or uprising.
“In this case, President Buhari was actually weighing in on the joke told very often of recent in the North that due to the rice boom, farmers have embarked on pilgrimage and the marrying of more wives. So, what the President meant was actually a joke deliberately taken out of context: he simply told the crowd to ensure they eat very well because of the rice boom before they can contemplate giving in to those temptations.
He said that the action of Atiku shows he has sensed “a comprehensive defeat this Saturday and out of frustration, threw caution to the wind in Port-Harcourt on Monday, February 11, 2019 when he alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari called for violence when he campaigned in Zamfara state.”
He further revealed that Buhari is noted in private meetings with the campaign team to always comment on the joke stressing that “out of desperation Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has decided to peddle falsehood.
He then urged the candidate of the PDP to realize that “God almighty that gives power and takes power. He should not use his palpable desperation to return to power.”
