Metuh Is Open For Probe By DSS, Others

This is a press statement from the office of PDP.
The attention of the Office of the National Publicity Secretary
has been drawn to a press statement by persons purporting
to be officials of PDP Staff Welfare Association, wherein they
engaged in direct attack and threats on the person of the
National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh.
From all indications, those behind the statement chose to
drift from issues and narrowed on the National Publicity
Secretary. This is not unexpected given the role of the
National Publicity Secretary in the rebuilding of our great
party and how uncomfortable the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC) has been for his outspokenness.
We are aware that the anti-PDP forces have easily found a
handful of disgruntled PDP staffs as willing tools to attack
Chief Metuh with a view to bringing him to public odium,
distract him and deny our party a credible voice to propagate
its positions. These forces had even gone to the extent of
engineering some discontented PDP members to portray
statements by the National Publicity Secretary as his
personal opinions in the attempt to discredit and intimidate
him.
For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state categorically
that the National Publicity Secretary will not be deterred or
detracted by such threats and cheap blackmails as he
remains committed to his role in the rebuilding of the PDP
and in providing firm, credible and issue based opposition to
the ruling party.
This office would not join issues with these elements,
however we make bold to state that Chief Olisa Metuh,
being aware of the challenges that comes with his new role
has offered himself, his office as well as all his private
companies for probe by the Department of State Services
(DSS) or any other government agency for that matter.
We also find it laughable that anybody would criticise the
recent PDP congresses in Anambra and Kogi that have been
widely applauded to be transparent and credible as
established by the peace and harmony that characterised
the processes. One also wonders how the issue of
congresses helps the case of welfare matters being pushed
by the staff, if not for the ulterior motive of destroying the
PDP publicity.
The authors of the press statement deliberately refused to
appreciate Chief Olisa Metuh’s immense contributions in the
party and the fact that he became the longest serving
member of the National Executive Committee due to hard
work and the confidence members of the party repose on
him as an individual.
Finally, this office is happy that those after Chief Olisa
Metuh have for now, chosen to demand for investigation
instead of resorting to plots to assassinate him. However,
we restate that the National Publicity Secretary will not in
any way be cowed or intimidated by the threats, blackmails
and attacks by anti-PDP forces to abandon his mandate as
spokesperson of our great party.
Signed:
Richard Ihediwa,
Special Assistant
to The National Publicity Secretary

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