Aftermath Of PMB Media Chat: Metuh Under Attack Over Insults On President
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to a statement credited to Chief Olisa Metuh, the Peoples Democratic Party national publicity secretary.
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Metuh statement’s on President Muhammadu Buhari’s maiden Media chat, which he referred to the president as an “Unrepentant tyrant” and “fascist”, has triggered a reaction from Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the APC national publicity secretary.
Countering Metuh’s remarks, Oyegun in a statement said the APC was disturbed by PDP’s unprovoked insults and unguarded statements on President Muhammadu Buhari and other members of the APC, cautioning the opposition party from inciting Nigerians, The Punch reports.
APC Slams PDP, Metuh Over Insults On Buhari
Oyegun said: “The APC is worried by PDP’s inciting statements. Respect for the office of the President or heads of government in any clime is not a matter of choice but a civic obligation sanctioned by laws.
“Being an opposition party or critic is no license to issue abusive, intemperate and slanderous statements on government officials; most especially the President of the country.
“The PDP has proven that it is not a party to be trusted or taken seriously. Only recently, the PDP said in a December 24, 2015 statement: ‘we urge that Nigerians should not recourse to hauling insults on the President’.
“For the umpteenth time, the APC urges Nigerians who see merit in the war that the President Buhari-led administration is waging against corruption, not to be distracted by the PDP and their agents of corruption to discredit the war. For the records, the ongoing war against corruption is not selective. Anybody guilty of corrupt practices will face the law.
“PDP’s rant suggesting a selective anti-corruption fight by the present administration should be seen as a plot meant to distract the citizenry from the successful ongoing war against graft.”
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The PDP has also accused President Muhammadu Buhari of pursuing a vendetta mission against members of the opposition under the guise of fighting corruption.
The acting national chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, who stated this in his new year message to Nigerians in Abuja on Thursday, December 30, alleged that president Buhari’s anti-corruption war was a ploy by the president to harass and intimidate members of the PDP and associates.
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