President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday hit hard the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC describing the opposition clamour for change as mere hypocrisy.
Jonathan said this in Benin on Wednesday during his presidential rally. The president said APC that was canvassing for change would refuse to participate in a conference which was intended to to bring constitutional changes to the country.
He told party faithful and supporters at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium-venue of the campaign rally that he has not disappointed in the past four years since the people of Edo state gave him their mandate.
Citing Singapore, he said “it is the transformation that we are talking about,” pointing out that the change which the APC is offering Nigerians occur everyday in people’s lives.
The President assured Nigerians of his administration’s commitment to help them in all their endeavours, whether in field of sports, music or in the entertainment industry.
Earlier in his welcome address, Edo Chairman of the PDP, Chief Dan Orbih, while describing President Jonathan as a democrat who stands for the unity of the country, berated Comrade Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s assertion that Jonathan would not get more than 10 per cent of Edo votes in the presidential election.
He assured the President that Edo will give him more than 85 per cent votes during the election.
Chief Tom Ikimi who spoke in the same vein, declared that APC was dead in the state and was in the mortuary, adding that, “we are doing the burial rites.”
He called on INEC to ensure free and fair election through provision of Permanent Voters Cards to all eligible voters in the country.
Chairman of PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, in his speech, said the people of the South-South will not vote for tyranny, autocracy and someone who has no respect for human dignity, and assured Jonathan the people of the region will vote for him.
