The allegations of signing any pact with PDP for the just concluded presidential election had been debunked by the ACN National Chairman, Senator Lawal Shuaibu while speaking for the party of the statement credited to Presidential Candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).
Buhari said the ACN and the PDP were working on a sharing formula for cabinet positions in the aftermath of yesterday's elections. - Interview on Voice of America (VOA) Hausa service.
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) National Secretary corroborated his point with a stated made by the Party Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande. He said: "Our National Chairman Chief Bisi Akande made it very clear at a news conference in Abuja that because of the ideological differences between the ACN and the PDP; we cannot have any electoral collaboration with the PDP, let alone talk of participating in a Government of National Unity with them".
ACN National Secretary further said:
"Buhari's party (CPC) and our party (ACN) have a lot in common. In the event of a run-off between Jonathan (PDP presidential candidate) and Buhari; Buhari may need the support of the AC N. In the same vein, should there be a run-off between Jonathan and (Nuhu) Ribadu (ACN presidential candidate), we may need Buhari to back him (Ribadu). We consider Buhari's interview as something we never expected because the allegation is baseless".
"We challenge Buhari to prove his allegation. Let him prove it. There was never any deal like that between the ACN and the PDP. We would like Buhari to prove his allegation."
Shuaibu also said it was wrong for Buhari's interview to be aired at a time political statements should have been concluded which is 24 hours before the presidential election.
"It is against professional ethics and against the Electoral Acts".
"I never imagined Gen Buhari could go so low, at this stage in his life and probably at a time he is trying to end his active political career, to make an allegation that is completely unfounded and is equally a lie. How did we allow the talks with the ACN to start if he had facts about the deal between them and the PDP? Was it because he could not meet up with his own obligation in the ACN/CPC alliance that he now feels he could put the blame on the CAN leadership? Haba the truth can't kill him," Shuaibu said.
Curled from Osun Defender.