The Rivers State chapter of
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has noted with disdain the continued mention
and use of the name of the Nigerian judiciary as a media hype by the Rivers
State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, either to pre-empt expected
rulings or raise false alarm over imagined moves to bribe the eminent jurists,
all aimed at frightening and intimidating them which to say the least, is bad
politics.
Though the APC’s dilemma
and hopelessness is understandable the PDP has noted, but it is rather strange
that the APC cannot issue any press statement or make political utterance
without involving the judiciary, accusing it of being bribed, lured or
gratified by its perceived opponents.
More worrisome, the party
lamented is the false alarm, malicious fabrication of lies, negative
characterization and deliberate misinformation to the unsuspecting members of
the public to create disaffection between the judiciary, its officials and the
larger society, all for the singular reason to score cheap political points.
Though habit hardly dies,
as it’s in the character of the Rivers APC and its surrogates, so called
publicity secretary and advisers when they are mere megaphones with little
knowledge of what constitute contempt of court, or at best, care less because
of the illusion of having their men at the top, the PDP would want to warn that
as a party with respect and integrity, led by a lawyer of repute who is also
the executive Governor of the State, it’s not only criminally libelous but also
seditious for the APC to continue to drag the name of the highly respected
Nigerian judiciary with some of the most reputable jurists around the world to
the mud.
The PDP also frowns at the
name calling to eminent Rivers people and their women for expressing their
minds on any issues concerning their interests by same APC that wants their
mandate unmeritorious.
And to show how bereft and
unpatriotic the Rivers APC and its leadership are, they have never failed to
anchore their statements, reactions and even misinformation on embers of
disunity.
And also not knowing their
bounds, they have of recent resorted to accusing and scandalizing the revered
men of God in the State for rising up with prayers to intervene in the APC plot
to cause crisis in the State.
The PDP condemns this
wanton and unbridled attitude to attack those whose views do not agree with
theirs including the clergy.
Nothing could be move
sacrilegious than this madness born out of desperation and has dire
consequences.
The APC should for once be civil
and stop singing war songs all the time even when there is nobody to quarrel
with.
Even though, their antics
is no longer new to the people, it’s only reasonable to appeal to Rivers people
to continue to be patient no matter the extent of provocation.
At the end of it all, the
light will subsume the darkness just as good has always triumphed over evil.
APC is evil.
Signed:
Jerry
Needam
Special
Adviser on Media and Publicity
To the
Rivers PDP Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah
Saturday, October 31, 2015
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