The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has refused to hang the official portrait of President Muhammadu Buhari at the party’s national secretariat, checks by The PUNCH have revealed. Over 100 days after the President assumed office, the PDP has yet to hang his portrait at any of the offices in its Wadata House national secretariat, located at Zone 5, Abuja. The party has also said it would never put Buhari’s portraits on its walls though it has removed that of the former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who ruled on the platform of the PDP.



“We will never hang his portrait in this office, because President Buhari is not known to our party. He is not a leader of our party and therefore we will never put his portrait here. We are a political party, very partisan and therefore, we are not going to hide that,” National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, told our correspondent on the telephone on Tuesday. Jonathan was also the presidential candidate of the former ruling party during the last general election but he was defeated by Buhari, who was the presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress. The defeat was the first to be suffered by the PDP since the return of democracy in 1999. Before now, the party has always been hanging the portraits of all the Presidents at the party’s reception area as well as the National Executive Committee and National Working Committee halls within the secretariat.


Metuh said the APC also did not hang the portrait of Jonthan in its offices before the former President was defeated in the March 28 election. “Can you find out if the APC had the portrait of former President Jonathan in their office before he was defeated? That is just it,” he told our correspondent. When asked whether the party was taking its own pound of flesh, Metuh said no but that since Buhari “is not a member of our party, we won’t put his portrait here.” The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Lai Mohammed, expressed shock at Metuh’s comment.


“This is ridiculous and we have no comment. Let Nigerians judge the PDP on this matter,” Mohammed said. He said the PDP spokesman had a shallow understanding of the concept of opposition politics. Meanwhile, work has stopped at the new secretariat of the PDP, located in the Central Business District, Abuja. Investigations by our correspondent indicated that contractors handling the project were only doing skeletal jobs at the site. When our correspondent visited the site on Tuesday, there was no visible job being done at the site.


It was gathered that the cost of the project was put at N11.5bn when it was awarded some years ago. At completion, the building is expected to have 12 floors, with two other floors serving as the car park. The party had claimed that the project was being financed from levies and contributions from members. When a fund-raising dinner was organised a few years ago, the party was able to realise about N5bn, and the project, which started more than four years ago, was to be delivered in 126 weeks.

The former National Chairman of the party, under whose leadership the project commenced, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, had then said that the complex, when completed, would strengthen the capacity of the PDP to discharge its role effectively in Africa. The party had claimed on January 5, 2015 that it was going to spend part of the N21.8bn it realised from the party’s fund-raising on the party’s secretariat.

A former Minister for Information and the Chairman of the party’s Fund-raising Committee, Prof. Jerry Gana, had said the money donated to the PDP was not meant for the campaign of the defeated Jonathan alone.

They should go and form their own corrupt republic

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And what does that change?

myners007:
They should go and form their own corrupt republic

abioo dt d best option

Nurry:
And what does that change?

it changes nothing.... dnt mind dem

gidimasters:
i wan go slip myners007

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Well if I have not seen a coca cola advert within the premises of 7up, I don't see the need of an APC(Buhari) portrait seen in a PDP office.

Signed:
Shareholder, Wailing Wailer Conglomerate

...And What does the action by pdp signify huh, Forming galadinma or wetin??

princeuj2015:
...And What does the action by pdp signify huh, Forming galadinma or wetin??

it signify that your buhari is not known to them. Is just like asking me to use your picture as my dp when I don't even know u. buhari is irrelevant to PDP and to me. pens down.


hope u understand what it means now?

DONMAYOR19:
it signify that your buhari is not known to them. Is just like asking me to use your picture as my dp when I don't even know u. buhari is irrelevant to PDP and to me. pens down.


hope u understand what it means now?

yes boss

Because Buhari is a certified PEDOPHILE!

You can also called him the Dull•ard of Daura.

Who cares what you hang or your worthless, crooked, corrupt and incompetent wall?

Bunch of miserable comedians...

I must confess sha, pdp sabi comedy pass alibaba..lmao

opeyemiie:
The national leadership of the Peoples
Democratic Party has refused to hang the official
portrait of President Muhammadu Buhari at the
party’s national secretariat, checks by The
PUNCH have revealed.
Over 100 days after the President assumed
office, the PDP has yet to hang his portrait at
any of the offices in its Wadata House national
secretariat, located at Zone 5, Abuja.
The party has also said it would never put
Buhari’s portraits on its walls though it has
removed that of the former President, Dr.
Goodluck Jonathan, who ruled on the platform of
the PDP.




“We will never hang his portrait in this office,
because President Buhari is not known to our
party. He is not a leader of our party and
therefore we will never put his portrait here. We
are a political party, very partisan and therefore,
we are not going to hide that,” National Publicity
Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, told our
correspondent on the telephone on Tuesday.
Jonathan was also the presidential candidate of
the former ruling party during the last general
election but he was defeated by Buhari, who was
the presidential candidate of the opposition All
Progressives Congress.
The defeat was the first to be suffered by the
PDP since the return of democracy in 1999.
Before now, the party has always been hanging
the portraits of all the Presidents at the party’s
reception area as well as the National Executive
Committee and National Working Committee halls
within the secretariat.



Metuh said the APC also did not hang the
portrait of Jonthan in its offices before the
former President was defeated in the March 28
election.
“Can you find out if the APC had the portrait of
former President Jonathan in their office before
he was defeated? That is just it,” he told our
correspondent.
When asked whether the party was taking its
own pound of flesh, Metuh said no but that since
Buhari “is not a member of our party, we won’t
put his portrait here.”
The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Lai
Mohammed, expressed shock at Metuh’s
comment.



“This is ridiculous and we have no comment. Let
Nigerians judge the PDP on this matter,”
Mohammed said.
He said the PDP spokesman had a shallow
understanding of the concept of opposition
politics.
Meanwhile, work has stopped at the new
secretariat of the PDP, located in the Central
Business District, Abuja.
Investigations by our correspondent indicated
that contractors handling the project were only
doing skeletal jobs at the site.
When our correspondent visited the site on
Tuesday, there was no visible job being done at
the site.



It was gathered that the cost of the project was
put at N11.5bn when it was awarded some years
ago. At completion, the building is expected to
have 12 floors, with two other floors serving as
the car park.
The party had claimed that the project was being
financed from levies and contributions from
members.
When a fund-raising dinner was organised a few
years ago, the party was able to realise about
N5bn, and the project, which started more than
four years ago, was to be delivered in 126
weeks.


The former National Chairman of the party, under
whose leadership the project commenced, Prince
Vincent Ogbulafor, had then said that the
complex, when completed, would strengthen the
capacity of the PDP to discharge its role
effectively in Africa.
The party had claimed on January 5, 2015 that it
was going to spend part of the N21.8bn it
realised from the party’s fund-raising on the
party’s secretariat.


A former Minister for Information and the
Chairman of the party’s Fund-raising Committee,
Prof. Jerry Gana, had said the money donated to
the PDP was not meant for the campaign of the
defeated Jonathan alone.

2:11am and you are typing this rubbish, find job

Hanged or not they know the president is Buhari. Lobatan

Princewill1:
Because Buhari is a certified PEDOPHILE!
You can also called him the Dull•ard of Daura.

How is he a pedophile when he married Aisha at age 19?

Una just dey follow bandwagon without any sense. Let me guess, you're an unemployed IPOB tout.

Buhari President till 2023...............

Sour grapes.


Portrait or no portrait, PMB is your president till 2023.






Deal with it.

still not yet recovered from the shock of the defeat. We understand, because you once claimed to rule this nation for 60 years and probably waiting for the 60 years to elapse

You hang ooo, you nor hang oooh, the "Mohammedu Buhari" is ur president 4 d next 4yrs!

I see painment,an act of being in pains hahahaha bunch of animals

he can't even confirm if apc did same during their time, he said they should go and check, where and when? Orisa Methuselah, either you like or not, except God take am, na till 2019 before you go get idea of mounting that post.

Lai Mohammed is funny and very hypocritic fellow. It's disappointing this man is "an agent of change" in Nigeria.



If Metuh’s claim is anything to go by, APC didn't hang Jonathan's portrait in their offices and Lai Mohammed saw nothing wrong in that but now he wants " Nigerians to judge PDP". Smh at the hypocrisy of Lai Mohammed.

It doesn't matter if PMB's portrait hang in PDP's secretariat, rather what should be of importance is the portrait which his achievements hangs in our concience which will out-live the secretariat building.

Charliewyt:
It doesn't matter if PMB's portrait hang in PDP's secretariat, rather what should be of importance is the portrait which his achievements hangs in our concience which will out-live the secretariat building.

Gbam! Abeg bar man, trolley 5 big star lager to this my friend.

They have a point. I still don't see Buhari as my president...

Right action, wrong reason.

Institutions and persons are meant to be loyal to the constitution of the country they are in, not political office holders.

Like in Biafra, I will be loyal to the laws of the Region I am in, not the Regional head.

It is a party's secretariat for Christ's sake. I see nothing wrong in that. It isn't a "public" building so they can hang the picture of Dalai Lama if it pleases them.

Is it against the law? No.

Therefore, the PDP has right to decide whose picture to hang in their secretariat. They can put that of Kanye West if they so desire.

Smh sore losers....real wailing wailers