NATIONAL leadership of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has again taken a swipe at the All Progressives
Congress, APC, saying it must respect the office of the President and stop
denigrating or insulting the office especially President Goodluck Jonathan.
In
a statement by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the APC was
out to cause confusion and ultimately truncate the nation’s democracy, just as
he warned that the opposition should know that power belongs to God.
Metuh
said, “in continuously hauling insults against 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 their
disdain for the institution of democracy. This further confirms the APC’s
Janjaweed ideology against the nation.
“The
National Chairman and the National Working Committee of the 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.
“They
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
realized 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, bring it to public ridicule, poison the minds of the
people and incite them against the government and set the ground for
confusion and mayhem ahead of the 2015 elections.
“In
constantly criticizing 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.
“We
therefore invite Nigerians to note that the APC remains a party which has
nothing to offer than to attack well-meaning individuals and institutions of
governments and sowing seeds of discord among peace loving people in our
country. Theirs is clearly a question of the evil drummer who drums under the
cover of the bush only to to jump unto the footpath and mount enquiry regarding
where the drumbeats came from.
“Let
it be known to the 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 they will
remain in opposition as no Nigerian will entrust ill-mannered and disrespectful
persons with the leadership of our great country.
“The
APC must realize that they have started irritating Nigerians. As a ruling
party, we charge them to show maturity and shed their 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 against terrorism in the country. We also commend Nigerians for
uniting against insurgency despite efforts by the APC to misdirect their
energies for political reasons.”