PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh

 According to the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP Olisa Metuh, Nigerians seriously doubt APC’s commitment to democracy.
He said, “the barbaric attempt to physically assault a duly elected Speaker, seize the mace, the authority of the House, is a direct attack on the Nigerian parliament which embodies the supremacy of the people and our freedom as a democratic nation”.
According to him, the APC has exhausted its excuses and have devised crooked ways to deviate the attention of Nigerians.
The intelligence arm of the PDP calls the attention of Nigerians to the situation. “The brawling APC lawmakers ostensibly acted on instructions from the Presidency, an obvious indication that President Buhari is largely an interested party whose involvement is beyond mere body language”.
“We state unequivocally that the onus lies on President Buhari to ensure that all democratic institutions are harnessed for effectiveness, a responsibility he has apparently abdicated by allowing his personal interest to instigate division in the parliament, a tendency that poses great threat to the survival of our democracy and the stability of the nation”.
The PDP lamented the crises and stated that it is the confirmation that the APC led government is confused and lacks capacity and democratic discipline .“If a party that has since March 28, 2015 when it got its victory, about 90 days ago, cannot resolve a basic issue of selecting its leadership in the National Assembly, clearly, their competence for national governance comes to question”, the PDP stated.