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Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar of distorting his statement on the alleged ploy to scuttle the general elections through fuel crisis and naira notes redesign.
Lifestyle Nigeria reports Tinubu in a statement said the opposition party and Atiku attempted to create a wedge between him and President Muhammadu Buhari.
At the presidential rally of APC in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Wednesday, Tinubu said some “the traitors” have plotted to sabotage the election, using the fuel scarcity and the naira redesign.
“They are plotting, but they will fail. They said fuel price will increase and reach N200 per litre. Go and relax. They don’t want this election to be held, they want to scuttle it. Will you allow them?”, Tinubu asked the teeming supporters at the rally.
Reacting to Tinubu’s controversial statement, Atiku accused him of attacking Buhari, saying such tirades wouldn’t safe the APC presidential candidate.
In a statement, which Phrank Shaibu, his Special Assistant, Public Communication, Atiku said, “Obviously frustrated by his inability to stop the cashless policy and currency redesign of the Central Bank of nigeria (CBN) that will curb vote buying and enhance the credibility of next month’s election, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has begun crying over his imminent defeat.