Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, has been advised by Governance Watch Initiative, to watch his utterances, which are capable of inciting violence.
National Coordinator of GWI, Rotimi Ogunwuyi, said it’s horrifying that the PDP spokesperson, Metuh could instigate anarchy and rile people up, simply because the election tribunal ruling of Rivers state, was unfavourable.
The group warned Metuh to watch his words, which are capable of plunging the nation into crisis.
“We are horrified that a party that was, until six months ago, the ruling party in our country and one that was in control of 27 states at a certain time, could so brazenly seek to instigate anarchy in the country simply because a duly constituted tribunal upturned the governorship election in Rivers State.”
“We have also noticed a series of unwarranted attacks against our nation’s judiciary by Metuh and his party, an attack that was carried to a disturbing level in his Sunday’s statement.
We recall that when Rotimi Amaechi, then of the PDP, was pronounced the governor of Rivers State by the Supreme Court in October 2007, even when he did not contest that year’s governorship election since his name had been substituted by his party, the PDP did not think the judiciary was being used by the PDP-led Federal Government at the time.”
“It is an interesting irony that the same Metuh who has been raving at the judiciary, is the one who, in his statement, called on the Chief Justice of Nigeria to ‘note the looming danger and save the nation’s democracy and the institution of the judiciary.’
“We call on Metuh and his party not to plunge Nigeria into crisis through inciting and careless statements that have no place in any democracy. They should realise that every statement they make is read within and outside Nigeria; hence, their new-found pastime of denigrating our judiciary will have consequences far beyond politics.
“We note that being in opposition is not synonymous with abuse for the institutions of government and wolf crying, especially for an opposition political party that has barely spent six months in that capacity.”
