The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described Monday’s pelting and jeering targeted at President Muhammadu Buhari and other chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) during his election campaign rally in Abeokuta, Ogun State as a direct response by Nigerians to the four years of misrule by the current administration.

According to a statement released by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said the APC misrule was depicted in the expansion of poverty, corruption, divisiveness and bloodletting in the country.

The statement read: “It is instructive to note that Mr. President was pelted in Abeokuta barely 24 hours after his Zamfara State rally on Sunday where he attempted to incite Nigerians to join the APC in their planned resort to violence to derail the 2019 general elections.

“The people of Ogun State and indeed the South-West have shown that they are in direct alignment with other states and geo-political zones of our country in rejecting President Buhari and VP Osinbajo whose administration has foisted so much pain and anguish on Nigerians.

“The PDP therefore urges Buhari and the APC to read the handwriting on the wall and get ready to accept his inevitable defeat so that Nigerians can have a breath of fresh air under the leadership of Atiku, whose campaign has continued to receive rousing reception in all parts of the country.”