‘PDP Will Not Insult The In-Coming President’ - Olisa Metuh

The National Publicity Secretary of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa
Metuh has said that the party will provide
a decent and credible opposition that will
constructively proffer sound alternatives
to the policies and programmes of the in-
coming administration without recourse to
insults, propaganda and deceit.
Metuh who stated this at an FRCN
political programme on Thursday evening
said the PDP would never insult or
denigrate the office and person of the
Nigerian President.
“The PDP is a political party built on
values, tradition and utmost respect for
democratic tenets. Our manifesto and
ideology center on national peace,
stability and prosperity and we shall
uphold this at all times. In this wise, the
PDP as always, will continue to work in
the general interest of the Nigerian
people.
“We will not resort to insults, blackmail
and lies with the aim to distract or
ridicule the person or office of the
President. However, we must state in very
strong terms that we will not allow them
to lead the nation astray. So we will
firmly oppose any anti-people policy and
programmes as may be introduced by the
APC.
“We will do this by presenting sound
alternatives in such a manner that
Nigerians will be the utmost beneficiaries
especially on issues that will lead the
nation in the path of national unity and
development”, Metuh said while
responding to questions at the
programme.
Commenting on the conduct of the April
11, 2015 governorship and state assembly
elections, Metuh lamented that the
process was characterized by brazen
irregularities against the PDP in most
states. He upbraided INEC and security
agencies for the barefaced
overzealousness on the part of some of
their personnel to please the winners of
the Presidential elections.
Metuh said concerns are already on the
rise regarding the fate of the nation’s
democracy under the APC especially given
fears that the impunity that characterizes
the local government elections it conducts
in Southwest states may now be extended
to other parts of the nation.
Noting that the elections witnessed
massive conspiracy against the PDP,
Metuh said his party would not complain
in areas where the people clearly
preferred the candidates of other parties,
but will decisively pursue its mandate in
places where there were clear infractions
against the PDP. He said such instances
abound in states such as Imo, Jigawa,
Plateau, Adamawa, Lagos, Bauchi, Kano,
Kaduna, Zamfara, Nasarawa and other
concerned states.
He observed that in Imo state, authentic
result sheets were replaced with those
from Kaduna and Katsina states with
fictitious figures awarded to APC.
According to him, the most scandalous
was in Ideato North Local Government
Area where INEC awarded about 34,000
votes to the APC even when the number
of PVCs collected in the area stands at
about 26,000.
The PDP spokesman said his party is
collating and analyzing reports of the
elections from across the country and will
take decisive actions within the ambit of
the law to protect the interest of its
candidates and the mandate of the
people.
He also noted that the PDP has
commenced its rebuilding and
repositioning effort and is poised to
regain power in four years time.