The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari rescued Nigerians from the Peoples Democratic Party’s 16 years “misrule”.

Felix Morka, the party’s national publicity secretary, said this while reacting to a statement by PDP spokesperson Debo Ologunagba, who noted that APC’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, engineered the Buhari regime that is responsible for worsening insecurity and economic hardship.

“Nigerians gave Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu the benefit of the doubt, but he failed them by engineering a deceitful government leading to the ugly indices of insecurity and bloodletting, economic hardship, unemployment, disunity and low life expectancy imposed on our nation in the last seven years,” Mr Ologunagba had said.

But the APC spokesperson dismissed the claim, saying, “The PDP’s track record of 16 years of misrule, corruption and squandermania remains indelible in the consciousness of Nigerians.

“It is on record that this government deftly managed two economic recessions and pulled the nation back from the precipice where PDP’s years of atrocious rule left it hanging precariously.”

Meanwhile, Mr Morka said the recent visit of Mr Tinubu to former President Goodluck Jonathan was a strategic move for national unity and cohesion.

Mr Morka added that the visit was worthy of commendation and emulation. However, he  condemned PDP’s alleged outburst by the visit.

“Rattled by the recent statesmanly visit of our presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the opposition PDP has hit the panic button in a false alarm, saying the move won’t help our candidate and party.

“Again, the PDP proves itself as a party afflicted with chronic myopia, lacking in vision and incapable of recognising the imperative of elevating the common good of our country above partisan quibbles,” Mr Morka said.

According to him, PDP’s obsession with puerile partisanship blinds it to existential and strategic opportunities to heal old wounds, mend fences and build bridges of national unity and harmony.

Mr Morka said the APC and its presidential candidate were seeking the mandate of Nigerians to consolidate on the foundation of restoration and greatness that had been laid across all sectors by the Buhari administration.

(NAN)