By Kayode Adeoti
Ahead of the 2019 presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to a live debate with its presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku.
On its twitter handle; ‘Official PDP Nigeria’, the party dared Buhari to discuss critical national issues with Abubakar.
It further stressed that Buhari has always been afraid of facing the candidate of the opposition party in debates organised by privates bodies saying Buhari should choose a convenient date, venue and time where he will engage Atiku in a live debate over topical issues in the country.
PDP also berated President Buhari for neglecting the army troops in the North East saying the development has led to death of many Nigerian soldiers.
The tweet reads: “We are however pained that President @Mbuhari has neglected our troops fighting in the North East and reneging on his promise to “lead the fight from the front”. This has resulted in the vulnerability and killing of our soldiers by insurgents.
“Nigerians are aware that President @Mbuhari is mortally afraid of facing our candidate, @Atiku, in a general debate organized by independent bodies. For this, we therefore ask him to choose a venue, date and time convenient to him to face our candidate before a neutral panel.
“President @Mbhari must face @Atiku in person, as Nigerians are not ready to accept any representation, whosoever, from him. If, as a Commander-In-Chief, Mr President cannot face a political debate, how then can he vigorously engage international competitors?
