"The APC should just leave the President Jonathan alone.”- Reuben Abati

President Goodluck Jonathan had on Thursday’s visited Lagos but the visit got so many criticism from the APC quarters claiming the President's visit was to coordinate rigging plans for the Peoples Democratic Party in today’s governorship election.
The President on Friday through his  Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati. dismissed claims by the All Progressives Congress that his visit was not in any form on plans to rig today's elections.

He said, “Lai Muhammed is wrong to say that the President came to Lagos to rig the governorship and House of Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, April 11. He is of course lying as usual.

“President Jonathan visited Lagos. He arrived on Thursday and left on Friday. People visited him. So what? Anytime the President is in Lagos or any part of the country, a lot of people come to pay homage to him.
“Nothing unusual happened during his last visit to Lagos. Senator Musiliu Obanikoro’s visit to the President in Lagos is not something that anybody should use to play politics. Obanikoro is a Minister of the Federal Republic. He came to see his boss.
“Mr. Jimi Agbaje is the governorship candidate of the PDP in Lagos State. I don’t see how his visit to the President, who is also the leader of his party, should become an issue.
“Yes, Gani Adams also visited, but so did a lot of other people.”
Abati said, “After the presidential election, the President immediately congratulated Gen. Buhari and the whole world has commended him for saving Nigeria.
“President Jonathan’s sportsmanship, statesmanship and leadership saved this country at that critical moment. He has demonstrated his commitment to free and fair election, the rule of law and due process. He has shown that he is a man of character, honour and integrity. Nigerians generally are proud of him.
“He has left a worthy legacy and shown a great example. That, obviously, is the narrative that Lai Muhammed and his masters want to change, so they are now cooking up meaningless tales.
“Lai Muhammed should look for another target and leave the President alone. His fatuous tale does not make any sense. I repeat: we will like to advise that the APC should just leave the President alone.”