PDP Warns Theresa May Against Buhari, Tells Her 6 Things To Watch Out For

Ahead of Wednesday visit of British Prime Minister, Theresa May, to Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned her against alleged plots by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to make her endorse President Muhammadu Buhari for 2019.

May, who had earlier announced her plans to visit Nigeria, is expected to be in the country by tomorrow morning.

The opposition PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, asked the British PM not to allow the ruling APC “hoodwink” her into endorsing a president that has allegedly performed terribly in government.

The party said May must not only resist the “choreographed plan,” but must also ask the current administration some critical questions.

The PDP also tasked the British Prime Minister to “insist on visiting other parts of the nation to enable her directly appreciate the level of lies and false performance indices the Federal Government has been dishing out to the world.”

The opposition party claimed it was privy to alleged plans by the current administration to “use the visit to dish out more lies to the international community in an effort to cover its failures in governance in the last three years, for which Nigerians are clamouring for a new president under the PDP.

“The PDP further charges the British Prime Minister, as a parliamentarian, to take the Buhari Presidency to task on its unabated interferences and violent attacks on the institution of the National Assembly, including threats to forcefully remove the elected presiding officers of the Senate, as well as the recent invasion and blockade of the National Assembly by Presidency-controlled security forces.

“The PDP also wants the British leader to task President Buhari on his widely condemned stand against the supremacy of the rule of law in addition to records of violation of human rights in Nigeria, including government’s disobedience to court orders, reported extra-judicial killings, torture, unlawful political arrests and detention, restriction of free speech and media freedom and lack of government’s accountability as detailed in report by various international bodies, including Transparency International (TI), Amnesty International (AI) and US Department of States.

“The British leader should also elicit discussions with the President on the recent report by Price Waterhouse Cooper showing humongous corruption in his administration, including the circumstances surrounding the N4 trillion unremitted oil money in agencies under his direct supervision as minister.

“Finally, the PDP urges Prime Minister May, to engage President Buhari on the violent rigging of elections under his watch, and extract commitment from him on his administration’s preparedness for a free, fair and credible general elections in 2019, especially as there are apprehensions across Nigeria, that his actions, utterances and body language suggest otherwise,” said the PDP.