2023: Your Party Is Shameless – Keyamo Slams Dino Melaye, PDP

The Chief spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu-Shettima presidential campaign, Festus Keyamo, has replied his counterpart in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dino Melaye, over a statement he made earlier concerning the 2023 general elections.

CityNews understands Melaye had earlier today described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and not a political party.

The former lawmaker in a statement made available to newsmen said the ruling party remains formless, unstructured, uncoordinated and unorganized. Melaye added that President Muhammadu Buhari is the life wire, navigator and camp commandant of the party who approved the coronation of the party Chairman for mere formalization.

Keyamo has, however, replied to the PDP chieftain in a statement handed to newsmen today. In his rebuttal, Keyamo described Melaye’s statement as most ironic and unfortunate.

The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to a statement by the PDP Campaign Council alleging that the APC is not ready to govern Nigeria.

“This most outlandish statement, coming from the PDP at a time it has become the theatre of the most absurd in this country, is most ironic and unfortunate. It reminds us of the Yoruba parable of the audacious thief summoning the effrontery to accuse the farm owner of illegal trespass before the farm owner could raise the alarm.

“Firstly, in the past few weeks, the PDP has entertained Nigerians with scandalous issues that show the party remains a clear and present danger or threat to Nigeria’s treasury and equity. In the last few days, the public space has been inundated with allegations made by no less a person than a prominent Governor of the PDP accusing its National Chairman of being patently corrupt and of collecting a bribe of N1 billion from one of its candidates.

The Governor even threatened to ‘reveal more’ if there was a denial. The Party Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, is yet to deny or debunk this allegation for fear of being stripped totally bare in public. Is this the party that claims it is ready for governance and that Nigerians can trust? A party without any iota of shame?”

Ayu Went On Bribing Spree Instead Of Hiding His Head In Shame

Knocking the opposition party further, Keyamo said instead of hiding his head in shame, the PDP chairman went on a bribing spree crediting the accounts of members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) in a desperate and laughable attempt to hang on to office.

“Is this the party Nigerians can trust? Is this the party ready to govern Nigeria?” Keyamo asked.

Keyamo observed that some Governors within the PDP have openly expressed reservation as to the capacity of the party leadership to deliver on its often touted promise to restructure and unite Nigeria when it is getting increasingly clear they are incapable of restructuring and unifying their own party to start with.

“This is owing to the fact that their party has a Northern Presidential candidate and a Northern Party Chairman and also ignored the principle of zoning because its perennial presidential hopeful cannot cede the opportunity to others in the spirit of national inclusion and cohesion, having consistently put his own personal interest above national interest. These concerns were expressed by some PDP Governors themselves. It is like hearing from the horse’s mouth. Need we say more? These frank and honest Governors are doing the Lord’s work for us,” Keyamo noted.

The APC chieftain said it has become a weekly routine for the PDP to treat Nigerians to a new revelation about the crisis rocking the party.

He said a leopard can hardly change its spot, hence the PDP is not repentant of its old ways.

“Certainly, Nigerians are not ready to be deceived again by these comic characters,” Keyamo said.

He added: “We can all vividly recall the famous Dasukigate where the money allocated for national security was shared among party chieftains whilst Boko Haram was ravaging the country. We are yet to recover from that trauma and the PDP is showing us that their patented technology for sharing sleazy funds is alive. It appears all their pipelines for siphoning and redistributing public funds are still very much intact and are, in fact, steaming to return to full operation.

“On our part, our party has shown its commitment to be fair to all regions in the country. Whilst the PDP was breaching its own Constitution on power rotation and fairness, the APC Governors rose above primordial sentiments and rejected a move to Zone the APC Presidential ticket to the North, insisting that power must shift to the South after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. This is a party that believes in fairness and equity and all Nigerians can attest to that.

“Our party, being the largest party in Africa, has to consult far and wide with every critical stakeholder on campaign plans. We have put together a very strong women’s campaign team because we understand what it means to be inclusive and diverse and we are fully committed to the empowerment of women in the scheme of things. As a result, women must have their say as to how campaigns should be run.”

Keyamo admonished Melaye and the opposition camp to desist from their hallucinations and concentrate on rescuing themselves before even thinking of ‘rescuing’ Nigeria.