
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a group of old thieves that stole Nigeria blind.
Oshiomhole who spoke today, Wednesday, in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, during APC’s welcome rally for Godswill Akpabio, who defected to the party from the PDP, referred to the spending of $16 billion on power by the master of the old thieves without commensurate results.
The APC Chairman identified two forces that are now against President Muhammadu Buhari, to be those who are saying it is their birthright that Nigeria should continue to share the resources of the people, and President Buhari said no, you have done it for too long.
“For 16 years, you have been doing it, now enough is enough. And those of you who have already done it, I am sending you to prison. Those are the people running to PDP.
“But have you seen a man who can run away from his shadow? I have been accused of talking too much, and I’m really going to talk today…
“It is only in Nigeria that old thieves will be regrouping; they are being organized by an old master thief who spent 16 billion… the more dollars he spent on light, the more darkness you suffered.
“Buhari asked: $16billion, where is the power? You say ‘Buhari, why are you asking? How dare you ask? If you ask, we will ask Nigerians to reject you.’ How can a man who has never won his polling booth in Ogun State suddenly become a… And look at those who are paying pilgrimage to Ota, who are they? They are the thieves of yesterday, the thieves of today and those are to be thieves tomorrow.” [myad]