National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh
The Peoples Democratic Party has expressed deep concerns over the alleged indifference of the President-elect, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to what it described as burning national issues threatening the unity and stability of the country.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh, said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday.
Metuh said, “While well-meaning Nigerians and the international community are celebrating the peace fostered by the patriotic action of President Goodluck Jonathan in conceding defeat, Buhari and his party, the APC have been moving around the country instigating division, engineering crises and heightening tension in the polity.
“Whereas Buhari had assured Nigerians that he would be the President of the entire nation and not of a political party, his actions in the last one week show otherwise as he has continued to display sectionalism and insensitivity to matters inimical to the survival of our democracy and well-being of Nigerians.
“Instead of settling down to plan a smooth transition and design ways of deepening democracy in appreciation of the mandate given to him, General Buhari has tacitly encouraged his men to foment crisis and cause panic in the bid to muzzle personal freedom and impose a reign of terror in the land.”
For instance, Metuh alleged that Buhari had remained indifferent “to the crisis in Ekiti State where majority of the lawmakers who are all members of the APC have been planning to impeach Governor Ayodele Fayose.”
Metuh added, “The APC’s ambition in Ekiti coupled with its odious triumphalism in the aftermath of the presidential election have led to avoidable confrontations and near breakdown of law and order in the state as the people rise to defend the mandate freely given to the PDP.
“It is indeed unfortunate that while his men are causing crisis and threatening Nigerians, General Buhari, instead of cautioning them, displays his insensitivity by jetting around the country campaigning for his party.
“If this sort of insensitivity and arrogance of victory are foretaste of what to expect in a Buhari presidency, then our dear nation and its people are headed for a long trek in the wilderness.”
Meanwhile, Metuh in reaction to reports of defection from its fold, described the defectors as political trojans, who from within have ceaselessly worked against the interest of the party and now fear that they would face sanctions for their actions.
Stating that the party would not miss such fair-weather members, Metuh commended the courage and steadfastness of all its supporters and members who had remained committed to the PDP.
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