By JOHN AMEH and LEKE BAIYEWU


Peoples Democratic Party members at the National Assembly have hit back at President Muhammadu Buhari over his comment that looters would not return to power in 2019 .

The President, in a veiled reference to the PDP, was quoted to have made the statement on Thursday , at an interactive session with community leaders and stakeholders in Kano .

He had said , “Those who ruled Nigeria without vision and looted the nation ’ s treasury are the same people boasting that they will displace the APC government and return to office .

“ We will wait and see , if they think Nigerians are ignorant . They have the guts to declare their intention to reclaim office . ”

But the PDP caucus in the House of Representatives , on Saturday , stated that Buhari was a major beneficiary of funds allegedly looted by PDP leaders .

The Deputy Minority Whip of the House , Mrs. Binta Bello , who spoke for the caucus , summed up the views of the PDP, saying that Buhari should rather apologise to Nigerians “ for being unable to fulfil his campaign promises ”, instead of attacking the PDP .

Bello , in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH, recalled that in all his previous outings before 2015 , Buhari was unable to win the Presidency because he never had a robust campaign .

She said , “He (Buhari ) has the right to attack us and we have the right to criticise him too by telling him the truth. That is the beauty of democracy .

“ The people he now calls looters were the same people who funded his campaign in 2015 .

“ His campaign in 2015 was different from his campaign in previous years. In 2015 , he had all the money to spend . The looters , who left the PDP , gave him the money . Why didn ’ t he reject it or tell Nigerians how he raised the campaign money ?

“ Let’ s face the facts , the President has failed in delivering his campaign promises. Where is the 2017 budget ? What can he boast to have achieved in terms of implementing the budget ?
“ They can see that he is in power and yet there is nothing to celebrate in terms of achievement . PDP has achievements it can point to . ”

At the senate , members of the PDP caucus, including principal officers of the chamber, said the ruling APC was now made up of those Buhari referred to as looters .

They further said the ex - PDP members in the APC had continued the alleged looting in the current administration .

In his remarks, Senator Samuel Anyanwu (Imo - East) , described Buhari ’ s comment as far from the truth.

He said , “How can he say our party is a party of looters ? What is happening in APC now ? Are they not looting ? I don’ t agree with him . ”

Also , Senator Mathew Urhoghide disagreed with Buhari . “ I don’ t agree with the President because 80 per cent of the looters in the then PDP government are now with the President in APC and are still looting and others are waiting to loot, ” he said .

The Minority Whip, Senator Phillip Aduda (FCT), said victory at the 2019 elections was “in the hands of God ” and not as the President boasted.

The Deputy Minority Whip, Senator Abiodun Olujimi (Ekiti-South ), also dismissed Buhari ’ s claim as false .

She said , “ Is it not PDP that has populated APC ? He must be talking about his own party ; he is talking about APC that is populated by PDP people who ran away to get succour . ”

Also , Senator Obinna Ogba (Ebonyi - Central), said the alleged corruption under the current administration is the reason why “ APC is losing everywhere now . ”

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Nutase:
buhari should bury his head in shame. he lacks integrity and is a failure at least from what we have seen in the last 2 years. a beneficiary of corruption now speaking against corruption. we are waiting for him at the ballot box.

his Fulani brothers are killing people with so much fun impunity and he has chosen to look away.

SillyMods:
PDP remains the worst thing to have ever happened to Nigeria as an entity.

A party that had golden chance to turn Nigeria to a paradise on earth but instead chose to pauperize her and possibly auction it on ebay.

OBJ and Atiku started the looting and bribery. Yar'Adua owned up to his party banditry (he even agreed that the election that made him president was massively rigged) and was ready to right some of their wrongs but death took him.

GEJ, despite the overwhelming support he enjoyed to re-write history, he took all known evil and vices to unprecedented level. In his time, Nigeria earned what she had never dreamed of yet, he squandered the wealth through looting, stealing and wastages. Yet they want a Buhari to fix their rot of sixteen years in just 2.5 years.

In 16 solid years, PDP couldn't complete any notable project in Nigeria. If you doubt me, I challenge you to name a road or project started and completed by PDP in those sixteen years. Is it the 2nd Niger Bridge or the East-West road? Is it Benin-Ore road or Lagos-Ibadan road? Is it any Power Plant or Abuja-Kaduna rail line? We are talking of a party that couldn't even complete its own headquarters despite looting all that was "lootable"

And what did they leave behind after 16 years?
1. Depleted foreign reserves - $25bn despite earning hundreds of billion dollars from crude oil.
2. Empty Excess crude account which should have been close to $100bn by some estimate
3. Backlog of unpaid salaries to worker/pensioners both at state and federal level
4. Dilapidated infrastructures everywhere you go.
5. Weakened currency/economy due to import-dependent economy

And so many ills.

I have no doubt that PDP's effort to return to the presidency is one in futility.

Sane Nigerians are more than insane Nigerians to allow that madness.

SillyMods:
[s]PDP remains the worst thing to have ever happened to Nigeria as an entity.

A party that had golden chance to turn Nigeria to a paradise on earth but instead chose to pauperize her and possibly auction it on ebay.

OBJ and Atiku started the looting and bribery. Yar'Adua owned up to his party banditry (he even agreed that the election that made him president was massively rigged) and was ready to right some of their wrongs but death took him.

GEJ, despite the overwhelming support he enjoyed to re-write history, he took all known evil and vices to unprecedented level. In his time, Nigeria earned what she had never dreamed of yet, he squandered the wealth through looting, stealing and wastages. Yet they want a Buhari to fix their rot of sixteen years in just 2.5 years.

In 16 solid years, PDP couldn't complete any notable project in Nigeria. If you doubt me, I challenge you to name a road or project started and completed by PDP in those sixteen years. Is it the 2nd Niger Bridge or the East-West road? Is it Benin-Ore road or Lagos-Ibadan road? Is it any Power Plant or Abuja-Kaduna rail line? We are talking of a party that couldn't even complete its own headquarters despite looting all that was "lootable"

And what did they leave behind after 16 years?
1. Depleted foreign reserves - $25bn despite earning hundreds of billion dollars from crude oil.
2. Empty Excess crude account which should have been close to $100bn by some estimate
3. Backlog of unpaid salaries to worker/pensioners both at state and federal level
4. Dilapidated infrastructures everywhere you go.
5. Weakened currency/economy due to import-dependent economy

And so many ills.

I have no doubt that PDP's effort to return to the presidency is one in futility.

Sane Nigerians are more than insane Nigerians to allow that madness[/s].

ipobarecriminals:
THIEVES get mouth in dis country

saynotoidiots:

But you are quick to forgot that the same idiot in PDP who destroyed this country are APC backbone?
Tambuwal, Saraka, Amaecho, Obasanjo etc

SillyMods:

PMB we know.

SillyMods:
[s]PDP remains the worst thing to have ever happened to Nigeria as an entity.

A party that had golden chance to turn Nigeria to a paradise on earth but instead chose to pauperize her and possibly auction it on ebay.

OBJ and Atiku started the looting and bribery. Yar'Adua owned up to his party banditry (he even agreed that the election that made him president was massively rigged) and was ready to right some of their wrongs but death took him.

GEJ, despite the overwhelming support he enjoyed to re-write history, he took all known evil and vices to unprecedented level. In his time, Nigeria earned what she had never dreamed of yet, he squandered the wealth through looting, stealing and wastages. Yet they want a Buhari to fix their rot of sixteen years in just 2.5 years.

In 16 solid years, PDP couldn't complete any notable project in Nigeria. If you doubt me, I challenge you to name a road or project started and completed by PDP in those sixteen years. Is it the 2nd Niger Bridge or the East-West road? Is it Benin-Ore road or Lagos-Ibadan road? Is it any Power Plant or Abuja-Kaduna rail line? We are talking of a party that couldn't even complete its own headquarters despite looting all that was "lootable"

And what did they leave behind after 16 years?
1. Depleted foreign reserves - $25bn despite earning hundreds of billion dollars from crude oil.
2. Empty Excess crude account which should have been close to $100bn by some estimate
3. Backlog of unpaid salaries to worker/pensioners both at state and federal level
4. Dilapidated infrastructures everywhere you go.
5. Weakened currency/economy due to import-dependent economy

And so many ills.

I have no doubt that PDP's effort to return to the presidency is one in futility.

Sane Nigerians are more in number than insane Nigerians to allow that madness.[/s]

saynotoidiots:

nobody expect less from pay per post agent I only quote you to help your ministry because each defensive post earn you #30

Mufasa27:

Stale!!

SillyMods:

Only naive kids have the opinion that everyone not supporting their doomed position is paid.

saynotoidiots:

Fvck APC paid agents, Fvck all PDP paid agents & supporters!