Vice President Kashim Shettima has blasted opposition parties including the ADC, accusing them of thriving on “lies and hypocrisy.”
VP Shettima said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is in a better political position than it was in 2023.
Speaking on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at an interfaith breaking of fast for Ramadan and Lent held at the State House, Shettima criticised the African Democratic Congress (ADC) over its push for electronic transmission of votes.
He said that the party was “overwhelmed by an avalanche of fake names and fictitious identities” when it launched its membership registration portal.
“The same people who were adamant that we must have electronic transmission of votes opened their portal for membership registration, and it was flooded with fake names and fictitious identities,” the Vice President said.
Shettima took a more general jab at the nation’s opposition politics, saying that their motivation is now disinformation.
“You and I know that, as Winston Churchill once said, ‘truth is so precious that it must be surrounded by a bodyguard of lies.’ Lies, lies, lies that is what is driving the opposition in this country,” he stated.
Speaking to the assembly of religious and political leaders, Shettima urged party members to stick together as the election season draws near.
He added that compared to the general elections of 2023, the APC is today more politically at ease.
The vice president emphasised that governors joining the APC were doing so willingly in response to the recent surge of defections into the ruling party.
“Nobody is coercing the governors of Rivers, Delta, Kano or any other state to join the APC. It is at their own volition because they have seen the light,” he added.
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