The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has admonished the
spokesman of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to learn to be truthful, honest and
desist from fabricating lies that could be injurious to democracy and peaceful
co-existence in the country.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement
on Wednesday said “but for the maturity of President Goodluck Jonathan and the
head of the APC’s Transition Committee, Alhaji Ahmed Joda, who cleared the air,
the country would have been thrown into crisis over the false alert by Lai
Mohammed that the Presidency was frustrating the transition process.
“It would be recalled that Lai Mohammed in a press statement
last Thursday alleged that the Presidency and the PDP had ‘bluntly refused to
cooperate’ with the APC to ensure a successful transition and that the
Transition Committee of the Federal Government had refused to hold any meeting
with that of the APC.
“Even after the PDP through a statement last Friday debunked
the false allegation with facts showing that the committees of the two parties
have been holding fruitful meetings, Lai Mohammed vehemently stuck to his
position, only for the head of the APC’s Transition Committee, Alhaji Joda to
confirm on Tuesday that the two panels have been meeting and operating on the
same page and that at no time did his team complain to anybody that there was
no cooperation.
“The APC spokesman must realize that his style which is
anchored on lies has negatively impacted the polity, especially hundreds of
young Nigerians who now engage in insults and fabrications in the media
thinking that such is what party publicity is all about.
“Lai Mohammed should know that the campaigns with its
attendant propaganda are over and that Nigerians expect a more mature and
patriotic behaviour from the political class. He should therefore learn to get
his facts right and be truthful in his statements at all times”, the PDP said.
Calling on all Nigerians to be wary of actions that are
capable of causing disunity in the land, the PDP reiterated its resolve to
focus only on purposeful criticism while presenting credible alternatives to
the policies and programmes of the in-coming administration in a manner that
will promote democracy, unity and the well-being of Nigerians.
Signed:
Olisa Metuh
National Publicity Secretary
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