PDP Cautions el-Rufai Over Comment On Peter Obi

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has cautioned Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State over what it described as his unguarded comment against Peter Obi, the running mate to Atiku Abubakar.

El-Rufai had said in a tweet on Friday that Peter Obi, the party’s vice presidential candidate, was a tribal bigot

The party described Obi as a nationalist that cannot be associated with tribal bigotry.

“The PDP therefore advises Governor El-Rufai to face the myriad of problems he has caused in Kaduna state for which the people have resolved to vote him out and stop his attempt to further foul the nation’s political space by making comments capable of stoking religious and ethnic division in our country.

“Governor El-Rufai should not attempt to export the kind of inciting and inflammatory statements that have led to conflagration and bloodletting in his Kaduna state to our national political firmament.

“From El-Rufai’s comment, Nigerians now know those behind the series of smear campaigns and spurious allegations against our presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Peter Obi.

“Instead of fixating on our party and the soaring popularity of our presidential candidate, we expect El-Rufai to show remorse that he was part of those who brought in the Buhari administration, which has inflicted so much pain on Nigerians in the last three and half years,” the party said in a statement made available by Kola Ologbondiyan, its national spokesperson.

The statement obtained by ORIENTAL TIMES on Saturday, November 10, asked El-Rufai to know that the 2019 election will not be about name calling, smear campaign and character assassination, “but on finding solutions to the issue of governance for which Nigerians are fully rallied on the platform of the PDP.

“El-Rufai should therefore steer clear of our party and our candidates and begin to prepare to give a full account of his tenure as governor of Kaduna state.”