A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has told Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed that Nigerians, and not Americans, would determine the electoral fate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in 2019.
Frank made this known in a Friday statement in Abuja in reaction to comments credited to Mohammed that the American Embassy should not grant Atiku a visa to the country.
He said that Mohammed’s comment showed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Federal Government were scared of Atiku’s growing popularity.
Frank said, “Why is Lai Mohammed speaking from both sides of the mouth? The Minister is about to lose his job that’s why he is talking like someone under the influence of codein or tramadol. The simple advice for Mr. Mohammed’s close allies is to get him tested for probably the negative effects of banned substances.
“At this stage, it is too late to stop America from granting Atiku entry Visa because the country has confirmed that it has nothing against the Presidential candidate of the PDP.
“Instead of this clueless government to seek for help from the American government in fighting the resurgent Boko Haram and fully liberate the people of the North-east from the hands of insurgents, what is more important to Lai Mohammad and the APC’s government is the issuance of U.S. Visa to Atiku.
“The American government will not fall for propaganda from a lifeless government like that of APC and President Muhammadu Buhari in granting Visa to anybody because it is a place where rule of law is strictly adhered to.
“Unlike a lawless APC government that attempts to disallow rain from dropping on the roof tops of political opponents, the America government is built on trust, fairness, justice and the fear of God.”
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