PDP Disowns 'PDP Watchdog' for Calling on President Buhari to Resign

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has
disowned the PDP Media Watchdog
for calling on President Muhammadu
Buhari to resign.
READ: Resign Now Since Your Age Will
Limit You -PDP Watchdog Tells
President Buhari
The PDP in a statement issued by its
National Publicity secretary, Olisah
Metuh distanced itself from the group.
The statement read, ''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 Watchdog 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.
''We note with dismay that the attitude
of this group is a direct consequence
of the approach adopted by the APC in
denigrating and insulting our
immediate-past President, Dr.
Goodluck Jonathan.
''Though we know that former
President Jonathan suffered such fate
in the hands of the APC, we shall not
repay them in the same coin as such is
not part of our tradition and value as
a party. Furthermore, recall that the
PDP had earlier informed the public
and the media that only statements
issued by the National Chairman, the
National Secretary, the National
Publicity Secretary or any other
officer of the party authorized by the
National Working Committee (NWC)
should be regarded or reported as the
position of the PDP on any matter.
''In this regard, any group or
individuals seeking to use the identity
of the PDP on any issue should
approach the leadership for
authorization. We urge the media and
the general public to be guided by this
always'', the statement concluded.