‘Buhari Talked Off-Point Throughout,’ PDP Reacts To Town Hall Meeting

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council in Ekiti State has said President Muhammadu Buhari “talked off-point” at the Town Hall Meeting which was aired on live television on Wednesday.

Tagged ‘The Candidates,’ about four 2019 presidential candidates and their running mates have been scheduled to respond to questions about their manifestos.

The PDP in a statement by the State Campaign Council Director of Media and Publicity, Lere Olayinka, on Thursday, described the President’s performance as “scandalous.”

According to Olayinka, “almost all questions had to be interpreted to the President while he talked off-point throughout; answering no question appropriately to the extent that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo became so embarrassed and agitated that he tried to help him answer questions what was asked him.

“It was so terrible that the moderator had to tell the Vice President to allow President Buhari to talk for himself.”

Olayinka said the President lacked both mental and physical capacity to run a local council not to talk of a country of over 200 million people.

“The only reason the cabal running the country wants him to remain in office is to guarantee their 2023 presidential ambition and access to the national treasury,” he said.

Addressing Buhari’s supporters, Olayinka said “They should tell Nigerians how a man who could not comprehend anything on that live programme except when it had to do with promoting nepotism should keep running the affairs of Nigeria.”

Continuing, he said “In saner climes, after his disastrous performance on The Candidates last night, President Buhari’s will be asked to go home and rest. But because they are selfish and wicked, they will pretend that the NTA programme never happened just as they pretended in 2015 when the President was calling APC ‘All Progressives Confidence’, ‘INEC Independent Nigeria Electoral Commission’, Osinbajo ‘Osunbade’ and Imo State ‘Ibo’ State.

“They also saw him in 2015 when he was talking about Deutsche Mark that was last spent in Europe in 1999 as currency being used in Germany, referring to Angela Merkel as President Michelle and Germany as West Germany. But they will never mind the international embarrassment that he has become as long as their hold on power is sustained and their 2023 presidential ambition is guaranteed.

“To further demonstrate the hypocrisy in his so-called fight against corruption, when asked about the Kano State Governor, Ganduje’s bribery scam, President Buhari responded by saying; “Hopefully, by the time I go to Kano for my campaign, I will have the information,” but at the same time tried to discredit the video exposing the bribery scandal.

“Nigerians, especially the people of Ekiti should take their time to see the video of The Candidates edition of yesterday and challenge anyone coming to preach reelection of the president to them if they will hand the running of their personal business to someone who has proven to be unconscious of happenings around him.”