PDP woos Obi, Kwankwaso as CUPP rates Tinubu low

Says duo’s exit caused party’s loss at 2023 polls

Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), has said that President Bola Tinubu’s incompetence has been exposed, following the surge in fuel scarcity in the country.

Spokesperson for CUPP, Mark Adebayo, stated, yesterday, that “while the country is on fire”, Tinubu and his cabinet snore away. As the 2027 politicking inches close, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is fortifying itself to oust the Tinubu administration with plans to bring back its chieftains, Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso.

According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), while PDP’s Atiku Abubakar came second in the last general election in which Tinubu was declared winner, Obi of Labour Party (LP) came third and Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) was fourth.

CUPP described the administration as a government run by “a cabal of incompetent, unpatriotic and rapacious power cultists” who care less about the people’s suffering.

He said: “CUPP views the present artificial fuel scarcity nationwide as a satanic ploy by the failed APC government to further increase the pump prices of fuel, which will further exacerbate the suffering of Nigerians.

“The government has not been able to advance any reasonable argument for the persistent fuel scarcity in the country, which has further worsened the already desperate economic situation of the country. This government has no solution for the problems it has created for Nigerians.”

NNPCL, the coalition added, owes Nigerians explanations as to the cause of about $7 trillion it admitted to owing fuel suppliers, who threatened to stop fuel supply to the country.

“Tinubu and those in power with him snore away as the country is on fire. They are so clueless now that their incompetence has been exposed by the staccato of policy somersaults they apply to the crises that their mishandling of the country has caused.

“The administration behaves like a political undertaker to bury Nigeria as the primary purpose of seeking the highest office in the land. In all ramifications, the Tinubu administration has failed woefully and there is no magic they can perform to reverse their parlous records in the last 15 months. It is now crystal clear that Tinubu never prepared for the serious business of governance. He just wanted to be President.”

PDP said discussions are ongoing to woo some influential politicians back to the party as part of a move to bolster its chances of winning the next elections.

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, in an interview with Channels Television, attributed the party’s loss of the 2023 election to the defection of Obi and Kwankwaso, to other parties, months before the presidential polls.

He said, “We lost Kwankwaso and Obi. Imagine that they were in the party, we would have won the elections. This APC said they defeated us with one million plus (votes); just one of these names I mentioned would have covered that gap for us and we would have been in power today. Certainly, Nigerians would not have been confronted with this despair and despondency in the land.” The party stalwart further disclosed that discussions are ongoing to bring Obi and Kwankwaso back to PDP before the 2027 elections.