The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday warned the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) against what it called the opposition’s continuous insults at President Goodluck Jonathan and his government reminding the APC that power comes from God.
The party said it had carefully taken stock of the sustained insults, vituperations, lies and unending schemes by the APC against the office and person of Jonathan and realised that they are all part of the well laid-out plot to cause confusion and ultimately truncate the nation’s democracy.
In a statement signed by Olisa Metuh, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, the ruling party said on Monday, that in continuously hauling insults at a democratically elected president upon whose shoulders lies the sacred mandate freely given by the Nigerian people, the APC is directly insulting Nigerians and showing its disdain for the institution of democracy.
“This further confirms the APC’s Janjaweed ideology against the nation,” Metuh said.
“The National Chairman and the National Working Committee of PDP find its very disturbing that the APC leadership made up of elderly persons who ordinary should have a sense of self-respect and decorum, could condescend so low and resort to the use of uncouth language against the office and person of the president out of sheer frustration, bitterness and envy.”
Metuh said APC members have continued to show themselves as extremely unpatriotic elements blinded by narrow pursuit of power for very ignoble reasons for which they have contracted foreigners to undermine the government of their own nation using negative paid write-ups and advertorials to dish out lies and vituperations against the Federal Government.
“Having realised that they shall never be elected into the presidency, these ill-bred and uncultured elements are now using every means to denigrate and desecrate the presidency, bringing it to public ridicule, poisoning the minds of the people, inciting them against the government and setting the ground for confusion and mayhem ahead of the 2015 elections,” Metuh continued.
“In constantly criticising every strategy adopted by the president in the war against terrorism, the APC has not only confirmed its preference for insurgency but also exposed its underlining design to distract the government and frustrate the over-all anti-terrorism efforts.”
PDP thus, urged Nigerians to note that APC remains a party which has nothing to offer than to attack well-meaning individuals and institutions of governments, sowing seeds of discord among peace loving people in the country.
“Theirs is clearly a question of the evil drummer who drums under the cover of the bush only to jump unto the footpath and mount enquiry regarding where the drumbeats came from. Let it be known to APC that power belongs only to God and that those who denigrate and disrespect authority at any level will never be entrusted with it. In constantly insulting the President, the APC has shown that it will remain in opposition as no Nigerian will entrust ill-mannered and disrespectful persons with the leadership of our great country,” Metuh added.
“The APC must realise that it has started irritating Nigerians. As a ruling party, we charge it to show maturity and shed its penchant for lies, deceit and unnecessary attacks on well meaning individual, government officials and institutions.
“On our own part, we remain committed to the national interest and the welfare of all our people. We stand solidly behind President Goodluck Jonathan as he vigorously pursues his Transformation Agenda as well as his untiring effort in the fight terrorism in the country. We also commend Nigerians for uniting against insurgency despite efforts by the APC to misdirect their energies for political reasons.”
In a related development, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked reports in some sections of the media that its National Chairman, Ahmadu Adamu Muazu, at a meeting with the state chairmen, ordered the removal and closure of membership registers of the party.
Metuh on Monday explained that the National Working Committee had instead, “directed that all membership registers must remain at the ward level and made completely accessible to all Nigerians in line with the provisions of the PDP constitution.”
The statement said state chapters are fully aware that Nigerians at all levels are free to join the PDP and as such cannot in any way whatsoever unjustly deny membership to anybody, especially as the PDP remains the only party truly owned by the people and represents the only platform for them to realise their full democratic credentials.
With respect to membership registration cards, the Muazu directed that consistent with the party’s constitution, requests for membership cards and registers must be routed through the party structure at the states, and after processing the requests, the cards and registers would be issued to the state chapters of the party for onward transmission to the wards where registration follows.
The party’s national working committee therefore charged all party members and the general public to disregard the said reports, adding that PDP will remain committed to the principle of internal democracy and the provision of level play ground for all Nigerians to actualise their political aspirations within the ambits of the law.
