PDP Disowns Group For Insulting Buhari

The Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) last Wednesday disowned the group that called for President Muhammadu Buhari’s resignation from office.
The PDP was reacting to a statement credited to a group known as ‘PDP Media Watchdogs’ calling for the resignation of President Buhari over the comment he made in South Africa that there was a limit to what he can do at 72 years.
A statement by PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said: “The attention of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to a press statement by a group parading as PDP Media Watchdogs and purporting to be working within and in the interest of our great party.
”This group is absolutely unknown to the PDP and has no connection whatsoever with our party at any level, neither is the content of their statement a reflection of the position or stance of the party.
“For the avoidance of doubt, our great party has not authorized this group to use its name, acronym or logo to issue statements or make public pronouncements on any matter and we caution those behind them to henceforth desist from such immediately.
The PDP therefore distances itself from the embarrassing statement by this group wherein it called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign and went ahead to use offensive and denigrating language on the person and office of the President of our great country.
“This is completely unacceptable and against the posture of the PDP to engage only on robust and credible opposition while constructively offering alternatives to the programmes and policies of the APC-led government, preparatory to our return to power in the next four years.”
“The PDP spokesman noted that the attitude of the group was a direct consequence of the approach adopted by the APC in denigrating and insulting former President Goodluck Jonathan.
The party also noted that although Jonathan suffered such fate in the hands of the APC, it would not repay them in the same coin, saying such is not part of tradition and value of the party.