I"m ready to be probed by DSS - Metuh replies attackers

By Ehi Ekhator

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has responded to the party Staff Welfare Association who accused the party National Publicity Secretary Chief Olisa Metuh of working against a former President, Goodluck Jonathan during the last presidential election.

Olisah Metuh

The members said Olisa took to betraying Jonathan for chosing Fani-Kayode over him during the Presidential Campaign.

Responding to the accusation, the PDP said Metuh is targeted because of his role in the rebuilding the party, adding that the All Progressives Congress has not been comfortable with his outspokenness.

It is known that since the APC took over power, Metuh has taken the role of the main opposition, issuing series of press statement where necessary to attack the APC

In a Statement by the  Special Assistant to The National Publicity Secretary Richard Ihediwa, it said ” From all indications, those behind the statement chose to drift from issues and narrowed on the National Publicity Secretary. This is not unexpected given the role of the National Publicity Secretary in the rebuilding of our great party and how uncomfortable the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been for his outspokenness.

“We are aware that the anti-PDP forces have easily found a handful of disgruntled PDP staffs as willing tools to attack Chief Metuh with a view to bringing him to public odium, distract him and deny our party a credible voice to propagate its positions. These forces had even gone to the extent of engineering some discontented PDP members to portray statements by the National Publicity Secretary as his personal opinions in the attempt to discredit and intimidate him.

“For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state categorically that the National Publicity Secretary will not be deterred or detracted by such threats and cheap blackmails as he remains committed to his role in the rebuilding of the PDP and in providing firm, credible and issue based opposition to the ruling party.

Metuh so expressed his readiness to be probed by the Department of State Services (DSS)

He said “However we make bold to state that Chief Olisa Metuh, being aware of the challenges that comes with his new role has offered himself, his office as well as all his private companies for probe by the Department of State Services (DSS) or any other government agency for that matter.

“We also find it laughable that anybody would criticise the recent PDP congresses in Anambra and Kogi that have been widely applauded to be transparent and credible as established by the peace and harmony that characterised the processes. One also wonders how the issue of congresses helps the case of welfare matters being pushed by the staff, if not for the ulterior motive of destroying the PDP publicity.

“The authors of the press statement deliberately refused to appreciate Chief Olisa Metuh’s immense contributions in the party and the fact that he became the longest serving member of the National Executive Committee due to hard work and the confidence members of the party repose on him as an individual.

“Finally, this office is happy that those after Chief Olisa Metuh have for now, chosen to demand for investigation instead of resorting to plots to assassinate him. However, we restate that the National Publicity Secretary will not in any way be cowed or intimidated by the threats, blackmails and attacks by anti-PDP forces to abandon his mandate as spokesperson of our great party.

 

I"m ready to be probed by DSS - Metuh replies attackers