The All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned what it called the unguarded statements by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against President Muhammadu Buhari and other members of the party.
APC’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, in a statement in Abuja described the statement by the PDP’s spokesman, Olisa Metuh’s who referred to Buhari as an “unrepentant tyrant” and “fascist”, as baseless.
Oyegun, in the statement 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 licence 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’”.
Oyegun while calling on Nigerians not to regard the baseless criticisms by the PDP said the citizenry should see the gains of the corruption war, stressing that anybody found to wanting would face the wrath of the law.
He said, “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 record, the ongoing war against corruption is not selective. Anybody guilty of corrupt practices will face the law.”
“If the PDP has any proof of corruption against any APC member or minister as alleged, we advise that they approach any of the anti-graft agencies constitutionally mandated to handle such cases”, the statement said.
The statement also maintained that PDP had no moral grounds to dictate ways in which the present government would go about apprehending people who have allegedly diverted public funds for their personal use.
“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.
“The PDP does not have the luxury of dictating how the present administration carries out its legitimate duty of catching looters, as long as it conforms to the rule of law”, the statement added.
APC’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, in a statement in Abuja described the statement by the PDP’s spokesman, Olisa Metuh’s who referred to Buhari as an “unrepentant tyrant” and “fascist”, as baseless.
Oyegun, in the statement 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 licence 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’”.
Oyegun while calling on Nigerians not to regard the baseless criticisms by the PDP said the citizenry should see the gains of the corruption war, stressing that anybody found to wanting would face the wrath of the law.
He said, “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 record, the ongoing war against corruption is not selective. Anybody guilty of corrupt practices will face the law.”
“If the PDP has any proof of corruption against any APC member or minister as alleged, we advise that they approach any of the anti-graft agencies constitutionally mandated to handle such cases”, the statement said.
The statement also maintained that PDP had no moral grounds to dictate ways in which the present government would go about apprehending people who have allegedly diverted public funds for their personal use.
“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.
“The PDP does not have the luxury of dictating how the present administration carries out its legitimate duty of catching looters, as long as it conforms to the rule of law”, the statement added.
