PDP Calls Adesina an Embarrassment to the Presidency, See Why

Femi Adesina 

The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a statement through its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh calling the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina an embarrassment to the Presidency by leaving relevant issues to engage in insults, shadow-chasing and fouling of the media space with uncouth language.


Metuh was reacting to Adesina's response to an earlier statement by the PDP that the Buhari-led administration is dictatorial and hypocritical in its anti-corruption fight.

The statement said:

“Adesina’s several previous unwarranted personal attacks and insults deliberately targeted at the person of the PDP National Publicity Secretary, in his desperate attempt to impress his paymaster and retain his job.

“Our answer remains that inasmuch as we know that this Presidency aide lacks depth on his current assignment and has no credible defence, being overwhelmed in his job of trying to launder the image of this government, the characteristic resort always, to lies, malice and vituperations should not be an option.

“While we appreciate the fact that Mr. Adesina is not conversant and knowledgeable in politics and intricate issues of governance, he should have applied the common sense of covering his hollowness in this regard and save the Presidency the embarrassment of an arrogant attempt to wave off very serious questions hanging in the face of the present administration.”

Metuh insisted that the selective investigations of corrupt cases has no justification, saying that the Buhari-administration refused to investigate petitions written against APC governors but have gone ahead to harass PDP governors in order to weaken the party.

He emphasized that the much publicized anti-corruption stance of Buhari is a sham, a veil attempt to witch-hunt perceived enemies of the government.

He cited instances where governorship tickets for the upcoming gubernatorial elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states were handed to two individuals who have corruption allegations against them. He said such stance shows that the APC government is hypocritical about its war on corruption.

He said: “May we remind the Presidency that Nigerians are still waiting for its response to salient national issues raised by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, bordering on relentless abuse of power, selective application of war against corruption, witch-hunt of opposition elements and perceived political opponents, threats to democratic institutions and government’s clear lack of direction on economic issues.

“How can Mr. Adesina explain the fact that while former PDP governors and ministers are being arrested, their APC counterparts, who have more damaging petitions with anti-graft agencies are being rewarded with ministerial positions, with yet others granted APC tickets for Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections respectively?

Perhaps Adesina is confirming that the nation now has two separate laws for prosecuting the war against corruption; one, to nail PDP members and perceived opponents of government, and the other to protect APC members and friends of the present administration.

“We challenge Adesina, in the euphoria of trying to satisfy his paymaster, to defend him by showing Nigerians any APC member that has so far been invited or arrested by any anti-graft agency, other than PDP members and perceived political opponents such as Senate President Bukola Saraki."