In a statement released by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, The People's Democratic Party has sympathised with President Buhari and Leaders of APC over their inability to accept criticisms of their administration.
Thr statement reads:
“Unlike the APC that denigrated the office
and person of former President Jonathan by
wrongly depicting him as ‘clueless and
incompetent’, the PDP remains the most
decent, mature and constructive opposition
party in our democracy and we have
evidenced great respect for the person and
exalted office of President Muhammadu
Buhari”.
“During the Goodluck Jonathan presidency,
Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, while in the saddle as
interim Deputy National Secretary of the APC,
in a post on his twitter page, described
President Jonathan as ‘lazy, docile,
incompetent, clueless, hopeless and useless
leader.’ Other APC leaders made raining
abuses on Jonathan a past time”.
“The PDP is a very responsible opposition
party; our leaders are mature; and we have
demonstrated so in our critique of the
President’s responses during the maiden
Presidential Media Chat. We have reviewed
President Buhari’s performance and
concluded that it was uninspiring”.
“The entire world listened to President Buhari
during the chat and went away with different
impressions. We did and came up with the
theme of our initial reaction that portrayed
him very appropriately as a tyrant. And for
purpose of clarity, a tyrant is a ruler who has
complete power over a country and who uses
the power in a cruel and unfair way, which
was why we recommended the suspension of
the operation of the constitution so he can
rule for the next four years as a maximum
ruler”.
“In its reaction, his party National Chairman,
John Oyegun magisterially and dictatorially
warned that ‘we (APC) may not condone such
anymore.’ Our position in the PDP is that we
are in trouble as a nation. All we hear from
the APC regarding our freedom is ‘we won’t
tolerate’, ‘we won’t condone.’ Are these
words used by democrats or tyrants?”
“So, the PDP too is being warned and coerced
on what to say as opposition party. The PDP
must be commended for the civil, responsible,
mature, issue-based opposition it has
played. The nation knows how the APC
rained insults on former President Jonathan
and that the PDP, during that time, never
used words like ‘it would not condone…”
“Some have even criticised the PDP style of
opposition as being too civil considering the
tyranny we are facing. That is why Chief
John Oyegun could term a dictionary
word-‘tyrant’- as insulting. Nigerians do not
need the PDP or anyone else to make them
decide if President Buhari’s APC government
fits the definition of a tyrant”.
“The real trait of the President was
unraveled during the media chat. He has
repeatedly shown his scorn for the
Legislature, an independent arm of
government while sanctioning security
agencies’ disrespect for court orders and the
impunity of continuous incarceration of
people who have been granted bails by the
courts”.
“Also from his responses, the President has
even pronounced a guilty verdict on Col
Sambo Dasuki and Nnamdi Kanu of Radio
Biafra even before the hearings by the courts.
Sadly, even the international community has
noted this brazen scorn and disdain for the
independence of the judiciary”.
“Furthermore, how do we describe a
President who openly denigrated an entire
race as he did in the media chat when he
suggested that the Igbos were insatiable with
the appointments his government has so far
given to them? Indeed, the timing and the
tenor of the President’s comment, given the
security and political situation in the land,
remain worrisome, especially at a time a
nerve-soothing statement from the father of
the nation could have reassured the agitators
of the need for peace and unity in the nation”.
“Besides, it is sad and embarrassing that
President Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade
has now been reduced to a war between the
APC and the PDP as declared by the Office of
his spokespersons. Since they have
confirmed that this is what the anti-
corruption crusade is all about, the APC is
obviously seeking to destroy the PDP so that
it can push through Buhari’s second tenure in
2019 without opposition from the PDP”.
“This has also confirmed our concern that
this is the reason the Federal Government is
persecuting, and not prosecuting, Col. Sambo
Dasuki. The APC and its leaders fear that
Dasuki, given his vast political and security
network, may be harboring a presidential
ambition, more so that the PDP has zoned its
presidential ticket to the north”.
“The PDP is conversant with the sinister plan
by the APC-led Federal Government to
completely decimate our party by raking up
all manner of allegations of corruption
against the Goodluck Jonathan
administration and leaders of the PDP with a
view to taking them to court on orchestrated
charges”.
“Finally we are aware that President Buhari
has directed security agencies to be more
vicious in dealing with our members and has
continued to subtly coerce the Judiciary to
convict those being charged to court. But
what gives us joy is that President Buhari is
not God and we will not worship him”.
Signed:
Chief Olisa Metuh
National Publicity Secretary
Thr statement reads:
“Unlike the APC that denigrated the office
and person of former President Jonathan by
wrongly depicting him as ‘clueless and
incompetent’, the PDP remains the most
decent, mature and constructive opposition
party in our democracy and we have
evidenced great respect for the person and
exalted office of President Muhammadu
Buhari”.
“During the Goodluck Jonathan presidency,
Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, while in the saddle as
interim Deputy National Secretary of the APC,
in a post on his twitter page, described
President Jonathan as ‘lazy, docile,
incompetent, clueless, hopeless and useless
leader.’ Other APC leaders made raining
abuses on Jonathan a past time”.
“The PDP is a very responsible opposition
party; our leaders are mature; and we have
demonstrated so in our critique of the
President’s responses during the maiden
Presidential Media Chat. We have reviewed
President Buhari’s performance and
concluded that it was uninspiring”.
“The entire world listened to President Buhari
during the chat and went away with different
impressions. We did and came up with the
theme of our initial reaction that portrayed
him very appropriately as a tyrant. And for
purpose of clarity, a tyrant is a ruler who has
complete power over a country and who uses
the power in a cruel and unfair way, which
was why we recommended the suspension of
the operation of the constitution so he can
rule for the next four years as a maximum
ruler”.
“In its reaction, his party National Chairman,
John Oyegun magisterially and dictatorially
warned that ‘we (APC) may not condone such
anymore.’ Our position in the PDP is that we
are in trouble as a nation. All we hear from
the APC regarding our freedom is ‘we won’t
tolerate’, ‘we won’t condone.’ Are these
words used by democrats or tyrants?”
“So, the PDP too is being warned and coerced
on what to say as opposition party. The PDP
must be commended for the civil, responsible,
mature, issue-based opposition it has
played. The nation knows how the APC
rained insults on former President Jonathan
and that the PDP, during that time, never
used words like ‘it would not condone…”
“Some have even criticised the PDP style of
opposition as being too civil considering the
tyranny we are facing. That is why Chief
John Oyegun could term a dictionary
word-‘tyrant’- as insulting. Nigerians do not
need the PDP or anyone else to make them
decide if President Buhari’s APC government
fits the definition of a tyrant”.
“The real trait of the President was
unraveled during the media chat. He has
repeatedly shown his scorn for the
Legislature, an independent arm of
government while sanctioning security
agencies’ disrespect for court orders and the
impunity of continuous incarceration of
people who have been granted bails by the
courts”.
“Also from his responses, the President has
even pronounced a guilty verdict on Col
Sambo Dasuki and Nnamdi Kanu of Radio
Biafra even before the hearings by the courts.
Sadly, even the international community has
noted this brazen scorn and disdain for the
independence of the judiciary”.
“Furthermore, how do we describe a
President who openly denigrated an entire
race as he did in the media chat when he
suggested that the Igbos were insatiable with
the appointments his government has so far
given to them? Indeed, the timing and the
tenor of the President’s comment, given the
security and political situation in the land,
remain worrisome, especially at a time a
nerve-soothing statement from the father of
the nation could have reassured the agitators
of the need for peace and unity in the nation”.
“Besides, it is sad and embarrassing that
President Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade
has now been reduced to a war between the
APC and the PDP as declared by the Office of
his spokespersons. Since they have
confirmed that this is what the anti-
corruption crusade is all about, the APC is
obviously seeking to destroy the PDP so that
it can push through Buhari’s second tenure in
2019 without opposition from the PDP”.
“This has also confirmed our concern that
this is the reason the Federal Government is
persecuting, and not prosecuting, Col. Sambo
Dasuki. The APC and its leaders fear that
Dasuki, given his vast political and security
network, may be harboring a presidential
ambition, more so that the PDP has zoned its
presidential ticket to the north”.
“The PDP is conversant with the sinister plan
by the APC-led Federal Government to
completely decimate our party by raking up
all manner of allegations of corruption
against the Goodluck Jonathan
administration and leaders of the PDP with a
view to taking them to court on orchestrated
charges”.
“Finally we are aware that President Buhari
has directed security agencies to be more
vicious in dealing with our members and has
continued to subtly coerce the Judiciary to
convict those being charged to court. But
what gives us joy is that President Buhari is
not God and we will not worship him”.
Signed:
Chief Olisa Metuh
National Publicity Secretary
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