(APC) in Lagos State, has declared that there is no vacancy in Aso
Rock in 2019, insisting that all the presidential candidates put
together will not be able to unseat President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to Igbokwe, the ruling APC would not lose sleep over the
emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the candidate of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the main opposition party,
stressing that the contest was going to be between integrity versus
corruption.
Igbokwe told newsmen in Lagos that Nigerians cannot trust Atiku
because of the many cases of corruption hanging around his neck.
He said, "Let me put it this way, all the presidential candidates put
together, both the serious and the unserious, will not be able to
unseat Buhari.
"The contest is going to be between integrity versus corruption. And
if that is going to be the parameter to judge, it means that there is
no vacancy in Aso Rock. If corruption and integrity were to be in
contest, then integrity must win. If integrity must win, therefore,
Aso Rock is not vacant for now.
"There is no meeting point between light and darkness. We cannot trust
Atiku with the keys of the national treasury given his antecedent. I
don't know whether you have watched Obasanjo's video on Atiku.
"If there is anybody that knows Atiku very well, that person must be
Obasanjo because they worked together for eight years. Obasanjo said
some Americans came probably from FBI and said that they wanted to
investigate some Nigerians and Atiku was one of them.
"After that, Obasanjo was also inclusive, but they couldn't find
anything on him. Meanwhile, on Atiku, there was a damning report. And
given what Obasanjo knows about the findings of those people, he said
that God would not forgive him if he supports Atiku. If Obasanjo says
that kind of thing, then we cannot trust Atiku with the keys of the
national treasury.
"Another point is what played out in Port Harcourt at the PDP national
convention. It was a bazaar. It was an audacious and thunderous
celebration of corruption, where dollars were used with reckless
abandon to buy delegates' votes. We cannot have that kind of person in
the saddle. His wealth is questionable. Also remember that PDP told
Nigerians that they had repented and pleaded that they should be given
another chance."
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