SAN FRANCISCO, September 13, (THEWILL) - The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) must rise beyond roadside sophistry and accept that the party and its national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, were fraudulent to have lied that Tinubu was issued a gold card invitation by the Democratic Party of the United States to attend its recent national convention, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Thursday.
It advised the opposition party to apologise to Nigerians for ridiculing the nation before a foreign political party.
In a statement signed by its national publicity secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, PDP observed that ACN’s penchant for fraud made its image managers artfully focus on deceit, blindly and inaccurately interpreting the diet of lies the party serves the Nigerian public.
“This matter in question explains itself in clear terms. The ACN tried to force its dish of lies down the throat of Nigerians on the imaginary international exposure and connection of its national leader,” part of the statement read.
“This attempt by the party to ingeniously tap from the credibility of an American political institution through a spurious claim backfired. The Democratic Party Convention officials would have none of that and wasted no time in denying the ACN and Bola Tinubu. The implication of this on the image of Nigeria and on the pride of our good people is wantonly damaging.”
PDP recalled ACN’s “deliberate persistence on misinforming the nation” with a statement from its publicity secretary saying that “Tinubu received a gold card, which is prime... and ... was invited to the Democratic Convention as the leader of the opposition and an influential figure in Nigeria.”
The ruling party submitted that no matter how hard the ACN tries to water down this statement to suit latter-day whims, even a child understands that it means a special invitation and recognition.
“This is the falsehood that the ACN sold to the Nigerian public about its leader, which unfortunately backfired, thus necessitating a denial,” the statement further read.
“What the ACN has done in respect of its fraudulent claims on the Democratic Convention and the manner the officials of the party off-handedly dismissed the ACN is big embarrassment to Nigeria as a sovereign nation that has in quantum stock, eminent men and women who have distinguished themselves internationally.
“It is particularly a sludge on the integrity of the Nigerian political class for which we advise the ACN to consider an apology for exposing the nation to an unnecessary shame.
PDP also criticised ACN for “evangelising on integrity” without being an example of it, saying, “The state of origin of its national leader is still shrouded in controversy and when his academic records, to use the common Nigerian lingo, is traceable to ‘Toronto.’
“The ACN is moralising on integrity when Lagosians are groaning under its leader’s insatiable greed, with his companies in almost every business pie, collecting shylock taxes on mind-bogging commissions, as he is either the owner, buyer or agent of every choice property in Lagos.”
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