The National Chairman of Nigeria’s main opposition, PDP, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu on Wednesday took a swipe at Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, a presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), for his alleged inability to manage the railway system in the country. Speaking after Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel had briefed the party on his presidential aspiration, Ayu said Nigeria desired trusted and tested politicians, like the Akwa Ibom State governor, to manage the affairs of the country.
Ayu stated, in a veiled reference to Amaechi, “We don’t want presidential aspirants, who can run round the stadium, like Usain Bolt, but cannot run a railway station.”
He compared the presidential aspirants of the party to those of APC, saying all of them are qualified to run the affairs of the country better than President Muhammadu Buhari.
Ayu advised the PDP presidential aspirants to take their campaigns to the delegates, as their votes would decide the 2023 presidential candidate of the party. He also warned against mudslinging during electioneering campaigns, saying such would give the opposition ammunition to attack the party.
“Campaigns would be issue-based and not attacking each other or mudslinging,” the PDP national chairman said. He pledged that the party would conduct a transparent and fair presidential convention, as it had no preferred candidate.