Austin Pade, Yenagoa
Thousands of residents of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, defied heavy downpour, on Tuesday, to be part of the rally organised by the Presidential Campaign Organisation of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state capital.
At the rally, National Chairman of the PDP, Chief Uche Secondus, said that President Muhammadu Buhari had become a full blown dictator and a violator of the nation’s Constitution and should face rejection at the polls.
Secondus likened the President to the proverbial Chameleon that lacked the capacity to change saying he had come out to be a dictator in spite of the fact that he was elected President as a civilian.
Secondus accused President Buhari of willfully removing the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, the head of another arm of government without recourse to the stipulations of the constitution.
The PDP chairman said that the party would continue to condemn the brazen violation of the Constitution in contradiction to the position of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that nobody should talk about it.
Secondus, who urged the electorate to wrest the country from the grips of dictatorship stressed that Nigeria was at a cross roads today because President Buhari was violating the constitution.
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According to Secondus, “Atiku is an achiever who has attracted a lot of awards. We are here to talk to you that Nigeria is at a Cross Road.
“Buhari is against the constitution of the country. Every day, he breaks the law of the land, he divides the country.
“Every day, more people become hungry, he is killing the innocent. He is now a full blown dictator.
“He came to power as a civilian but as the saying goes, a chameleon cannot change. Without due process, he removed the head of another arm of government.
“I am referring to the removal of the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Onnoghen.
“APC said we should not talk about the man who is breaking the law, but you cannot continue to break the constitution that guides everybody.
“APC is hiring people to defend it. We will continue to talk about it, this is not politics, Buhari must stop breaking our laws.”
He accused the Buhari administration of corruption adding that even the Transparency International had said earlier that the government was corrupt.
Speaking also, PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar said that the election was about the future of Nigerian youths and indeed the country.
He said that the APC had failed Nigerians in the entire three purported tripod on which the Buhari administration was rested.
He said that President Buhari failed in the promise to repair the economy, fight corruption, and insecurity in the land.
In his remarks, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, urged the people to vote Atiku who he described as ‘a Nigerian with the desired understanding’ to restructure the country in consonance with the will of Nigerians.
Governor Dickson said that Atiku had a good understanding of the problems of the people and should be trusted with the People’s votes.
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The governor, who said that Atiku would be sworn in come May 29, 2019, described Bayelsa State as the headquarters of the PDP in Nigeria.
He also commended former President Goodluck Jonathan for being firm as a member of the PDP who stood by him during the fierce contest for the governorship of Bayelsa In 2012.
He said that while the PDP was intensifying campaigns in Bayelsa, the APC was devoting its attention and resources to the procurement of illegal arms.
Also, former President Jonathan said that Atiku would deal fairly with all the geopolitical zones in the country in the area of appointments and development.
He, however, described Atiku as the best Presidential candidate who sees the entire country as his own constituency.