Olawepo-Hashim challenges Buhari, Atiku to presidential debate
The
presidential candidate of the People’s Trust, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, on
Sunday challenged the presidential candidates of the All Progressives
Congress, President Muhammadu Buhari and that of the Peoples Democratic
Party, Atiku Abubakar, to a presidential debate.
He said the challenge became necessary following the failure of Buhari and Atiku to attend the debate held on Saturday.
Olawepo-Hashim threw the challenge in a statement in Abuja.
He
said, “Nigerian voters deserve to scrutinise the candidates and
programmes of the two behemoth that have come to be known as the ‘two
evils’ of Nigerian politics. Their absence under whatever excuse(s)
shows their contempt for the voters.”
He, however, congratulated Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, Mr Kinsley Moghalu and Mr Fela Durotoye for their performance at the debate.
“The three candidates advertised to the world a teaser of what stuff new generation of political leaders are made of,” he said.
Olawepo-Hashim
called on the Nigeria Election Debate Group/Broadcasting Organisation
of Nigeria to organise another debate to include his party, which he
described as the biggest of the newly-registered political parties that
had been unfairly excluded.
He said, “We have complained about this in the past; a new debate will be a good way to cure the debate platform of that error.
“There
is no problem in making a mistake by excluding us, but it will be
dishonourable not to seize a good opportunity to correct your error.”
The
PT presidential candidate further called on the organisers to also
include promising politicians like Omoyele Sowore and others who might
be interested in the next round of the debate.
Source:- Punchng
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