PDP raps APC on Ganduje’s chairmanship, says ruling party harbours thieves, treasury looters

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rapped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for picking the former Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, as its National Chairman.

The opposition party said that Ganduje was ethically challenged.

It said that the choice of Ganduje by the APC as its National Chairman, in spite of the stinking corruption and bribery allegations against him in the public domain, further confirmed that the APC was a cesspit of corruption and a haven for thieves, bribe takers and treasury looters.

A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba said that by appointing Ganduje, notoriously referred to as “Gandollar” by Nigerians over the infamous video of him barefacedly stuffing his gown (agbada) with US Dollar notes as bribe allegedly from a contractor, while serving as Governor of Kano State, further validated that the APC was a putrid party of embezzlers and charlatans.

The PDP further said that it also underscored APC’s impunity and insensitivity to the demands of honesty, integrity, and moral rectitude required of public office holders.

It therefore urged Nigerians to note that only last month, a forensic analysis by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) confirmed that the content of the 2017 “Gandollar” viral video was not doctored.

The PDP further said; “It speaks volume of the APC under Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu that Ganduje, who should ordinarily be under prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged bribery is rather crowned and rewarded with the position of the APC National Chairman.

“Such can only happen in a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) like the APC which, according to the former Director General of Progressive Governors’ Forum, is replete with ‘political bandits’.”

The PDP described the assertion by Ganduje that he would “hit the ground running” to ensure the victory of “his fizzling Party and disillusioned” members in the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa as a pathetic day-dream.

It reminded Ganduje of how he was humiliated by Nigerians and failed woefully as Co-Chairman of APC National Campaign Council for the July 2022 Osun State Governorship election, which was overwhelmingly won by the PDP.

The PDP said; “Indeed, a worse crushing defeat awaits Ganduje and his Party, the APC, in the November 11, 2023 Governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo States.

“Moreover, the mortifying trouncing of the APC in Kano State under his watch as Governor in the 2023 general elections shows that Ganduje has no political value and cannot earn any victory in any electoral contest in the country.

“If Ganduje is desirous to ‘hit the ground running’ as he asserted, he should run to the EFCC for investigation and prosecution for cases of alleged bribery and corruption hanging around his neck.”