The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos has confirmed its position that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is a party of fraudsters and election riggers.
According to a Saturday statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said that Ambode confirmed this in the World Press Conference he held at the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja.
The Herald can report that Ambode threw a snide remark at his opponent, Babajide Sanwo-Olu during the conference. saying that he was arrested for spending fake dollars in the United States and had undergone rehabilitation at the Gbagada General Hospital.
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The PDP’s statement read, “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reviewed the world press conference of Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, and surmised that the governor validated its position that the All Progressives Congress (APC) consists of fraudsters and election riggers.
“Governor Ambode had in the press conference stated that his opponent in the race, Babajide Sanwoolu, was arrested for spending fake dollars in the United States.
“Governor Ambode further stated that Sanwoolu was detained in the USA on account of the alleged crime.
“The governor further alleged that his party (APC) was disenfranchising its members by insisting that registered members of the party, who were yet to be issued with membership cards, will not be allowed to participate in the gubernatorial primary election.
“By this, the whole world can see that the APC is nothing but a den of fraudsters and corrupt persons who not only cheated their way to power through lies and propaganda in 2015 but have also continued to bleed and defraud our nation with humongous sleazes and massive corruption in very high places.
“That is why the APC will have no scruples to project persons of questionable character and those with allegations of corruption hanging on the necks as their National Chairman and governorship aspirants.
“We challenge President Muhammadu Buhari to show his claimed integrity by ordering an open investigation into this huge allegation against his party’s governorship aspirant.
“Finally, the PDP calls on Lagosians and indeed all Nigerians to note this ugly trend in the APC and ensure that they throw this undesirable party to the dustbin of history, come 2019.”