PDP accuses APC of renting crowd as thousands attend pro-Buhari rally in Imo state (photos)

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- PDP says the rented crowd at APC rally shows the lack of confidence people have for the ruling party

- The opposition accuses the APC of trying to gain the support of the people of southeast by false claims

- Shehu Sani has reveals why he would be leaving the APC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) rented people to attend its southeast rally held in honour of President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, July 3, in Owerri, the Imo state capital.

The PDP in a statement by its spokesman Kola Olagbondinyan, said the rented crowd was evidence of the lack of confidence the people have in the APC-led administration in the country, Vanguard reports.

The opposition party accused the APC of trying to gain the support of the southeast people through false claims about some projects like the Second Niger Bridge, Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu, among other projects.

PDP said: “Is it not pathetic for President Buhari or the APC to, in anyway, think that they can suddenly enchant the people of the South-East by false claims like those made about the Second Niger Bridge, Enugu-Onitsha Express way, Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu, among other projects, when the reality in the zone remains a bold testament of maltreatment, official disdain and government’s insensitivity?

“Is it not also a height of foolery and political delusion for APC to think that the people of the southeast will suddenly churn out five million votes and deliver same to a party that overtly relegated them as mere five percent?"

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The PDP said the APC leaders who spoke at the rally had no clear message but dwelt only on empty promises without regard to the sensibilities of the people of the region.

APC rented crowd during its southeast rally - PDP alleges

PDP says the rented crowd at APC rally shows the lack of confidence people have for the ruling party, photo credits: @MrSomoye - Twitter

The opposition accuses the APC of trying to gain the support of the people of southeast by false claims, photo credits: @MrSomoye - Twitter

The PDP says the APC leaders who spoke at the rally had no clear message, photo credits: @MrSomoye - Twitter

Meanwhile, the senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, on Tuesday, July 3, said it was already too late for some of the members of the party set to leave.

Sani while speaking to journalists in Abuja said that the new national secretary of the party assumed office at a time aggrieved members of the APC were set to leave.

The Punch reports that Sani decried the inability of APC leaders including Muhammadu Buhari in handling the crisis that has ravaged the party.

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