The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO)
yesterday attributed the sudden fuel scarcity in many parts of the country
to sabotage by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), which has infiltrated the ranks of the fuel marketers.
Director of Media and Publicity of the PDPPCO, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode,
said in a statement in Abuja that the fuel marketers have taken a
sub-contract from the opposition to frustrate supplies of petrol to fuel
stations as part of a grand plan to create tension in the polity.
According to Fani-Kayode, “We know who the fuel marketers are. We know
the relationship that exists between one of the biggest fuel marketers and
a national leader of the APC. These unconscionable opposition elements
infiltrated the ranks of the fuel marketers, whom they have contracted, in a calculated attempt to frustrate the good efforts of government.
“Why have they taken this time when all hands are on deck for the March 28 elections to cause this artificial fuel scarcity? The situation is so bad that they are not importing the product. They are even threatening tank farmers not to release any fuel in their depot in order to sustain the shortage. We are aware that the tank farmers have reported the threat to the Police and other security agencies.
“This shows how desperate and wicked the opposition APC can be in their
quest for presidential power. Must they make Nigerians suffer simply
because they want to rule? They must desist from this act of sabotage.
“The opposition should not take delight in celebrating over the pains and sufferings of Nigerians as they have continued to do with the Boko Haram attacks on our people and nation.
“The APC’s penchant to diminish the gallantry of our Armed Forces in the
battle to defeat insurgency in the northeast zone whilst mocking the
government whenever the insurgents bomb and take over villages in the
zone, must be condemned by well-meaning Nigerians.
“This predilection exposes and portrays the APC and its leaders as forces
of retrogression with a devilish mindset to unleash the worst form of
anarchy on the nation before, during and after the March 28 presidential
election because they know their party and presidential candidate, General
Muhammadu Buhari will be dealt a crushing blow by President Goodluck
Jonathan at the polls.
“The PDPPCO also wishes to use this medium to alert the nation on the
lingering plot by the opposition elements who have been sponsoring their
agents of destruction in the power sector to vandalise critical
infrastructure in order to reduce the megawatts of electricity that is
being generated and reverse the gains that government is making in the
sector.”
