PDP Already Dreaming Defeat - Alake

A former Lagos State Commissioner, Mr. Dele Alake, says the allegations emanating from the Peoples Democratic Party that the All Progressives Congress Vice-Presidential candidate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will hand over power to former Governor Bola Tinubu within six months after he is inaugurated, shows that the PDP is already dreaming of defeat.

Alake, who is the Director of Strategic Communications, All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation, said this in a statement on Sunday.

Alake urged Nigerians not to take the Director of Media, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, seriously as he was known for always making allegations.

He said the time frame of six months for the action to take place meant that the APC presidential candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and Osinbajo would have been sworn in as President and Vice-President respectively on May 29, 2015.

Alake said, “Any psychoanalyst can read the mind of the purveyors of this concoction of falsehood. Their assumption gives away the fact that they themselves accept the certainty of victory of the APC in the presidential election.”

He said the massive support for the APC presidential ticket locally and internationally has inflicted a devastating damage on the psychology of the PDP campaign managers “leading to an acute case of schizophrenia.”

Alake said Fani-Kayode shot himself in the foot in his desperation to spin a conspiracy theory that is childish and merits the condemnation of all right thinking persons.

He said, “Fani-Kayode alleges that Asiwaju Tinubu would become President by asking the Vice- President, Professor Osinbajo, to resign after six months in office in the belief that the President Muhammadu Buhari may have terminal health challenges.

“That the message came through Fani-Kayode who, just a few days ago, was brought to answer corruption charges, makes the message incredulous. The whole world knows the other reasons for the incredulity of any message delivered through him.

“Indeed, the fact that the PDP campaign machinery can construct a post-presidential election scenario in which APC would be in power is a significant testimony of their admission that they have lost this election. We note this mental and psychological concession of victory to our party’s presidential candidate but reject the odious scenario.

“Nigerians should please ignore this latest antic because it is untrue, ridiculous, ludicrous, mundane and jejune.”