The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of fighting for the retention of old naira notes with the aim of using it to ‘buy votes’ in the forthcoming general elections. Spokesman of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Charles Aniagwu, stated this at a news conference in Asaba, the Delta State capital.
Aniagwu said the ruling party was hiding under the guise of fighting for the suffering masses to perfect its illicit plans of spending its stashed old notes on vote-buying.
He said that the PDP, having engaged Nigerians on how it intends to recover and rebuild the country from the ruins of the APC-led government, was very much prepared for the elections and warned against moves that could lead to the postponement of the polls.
The spokesman accused the APC of plotting to derail the electioneering process by instituting frivolous court injunctions and warned that the PDP was very ready for the polls to hold as scheduled.
According to Aniagwu, we are depending on the interface we have had with Nigerians and we are depending on the fact that Nigerians know that Atiku-Okowa has what it takes to rescue and rebuild Nigeria.
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“Why is the APC going to court to seek an extension of the old notes rather than ask the court to compel the CBN to release more new notes to the populace?
“The PDP as a political party would want the elections to be held as scheduled. We are impressing upon the Federal Government and the Central Bank to make sure that funds are available to the people in line with the limits they have set.
“This is important so that when you go to the ATM or the banking hall, you should be able to access the little or the much you desire in line with that benchmark.
“That is because as a campaign organisation and as a political party we are not depending on vote buying, we are very confident of the interface we have had with Nigerians.
“We are confident because Nigerians are looking towards the direction of Atiku Abubakar and Ifeanyi Okowa to recover us from where we are,”
He said the APC was jittery over the naira redesign policy because it banked on its stashed funds to buy votes.
