Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja

The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned in totality, what it described as the brazen display of “authoritarianism” by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government in handcuffing its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh when he appeared in court on Tuesday.

The party said that the development betrayed an extra-judicial, top political witch-hunt policy of
the All Progressives Congress, which it said was carefully designed to humiliate, embarrass and portray PDP leaders as common criminals and set the stage to cow and decimate opposition and perceived foes of the government.

In a statement signed by the party’s National Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo on Tuesday, the party said the aim of the of the ruling party is to break Metuh.
“The question remains, if not to mortify, dehumanise and break Metuh, who has been very vocal against the APC administration, and of course to send a signal to others critical of the government, what else would have informed the decision to produce him in court in handcuffs, even when his case does not border on security
threat?” Oladipo said.

“Is this an attempt to sway the court and ambush the judicial process against our National Publicity Secretary, all because of his stance against observed ineptitude and dictatorial tendencies of this administration?

“The PDP invites all Nigerians and the international community to note the emerging barefaced abuse of state power and violation of constitutional provisions regarding the arrest, detention and eventual
arraignment of our spokesperson.”

Oladipo added that Nigerians by now, should be extremely scared that the country was fast drifting into what he called a police state where being in opposition or holding views divergent to that of the government makes one a criminal and an enemy of the state.

He alleged that for now, the target of the on-going “lopsided war against corruption is the PDP and its leaders” while all APC members, including those with known corruption issues had been immune from investigation, arrest and prosecution.

Oladipo added that, more worrisome was the fact that institutions of government, especially security and corrective agencies have now fallen victims of dictatorial abuses.

With this, he said the PDP was afraid that in no time, ordinary citizens of Nigerians, who in the last 16 years have lived under the rule of law and constitutionally guaranteed personal liberty, would begin to suffer brutality and oppression.

He said, “Under PDP administration, some Nigerians, including APC leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu were tried but never humiliated; now we see security operatives under this regime being used to crush and humiliate the opposition.”

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“Under PDP administration, some Nigerians, including APC leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu were tried but never humiliated; now we see security operatives under this regime being used to crush and humiliate the opposition.”

Firefire:
“Under PDP administration, some Nigerians, including APC leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu were tried but never humiliated; now we see security operatives under this regime being used to crush and humiliate the opposition.”

I've not been active lately i'm just super-happy seen Mr Metuh humiliated today.


Remember stealing wasn't corruption under 16yrs of PDP rule

No be the spokes person dey jail so,where dem come see mouth piece wey dey talk?...subdue koor,subjugate ni.

Firefire:
“Under PDP administration, some Nigerians, including APC leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu were tried but never humiliated; now we see security operatives under this regime being used to crush and humiliate the opposition.”

mr man,BAT was not arrested,he was invited for interrogation.
Were you sleeping when PDP used the DSS to molest opposition during ekiti gubernatorial?,maybe that one is not to subdue.
Decapacitating the military and allowing boko haram to kill innocent ppl in the north is what?,the northerners were not subdued.
Looting the economy to recess is what?,you and I are not being subdued...
Now the perpetrators are being brought to book and some ppl be saying bla bla bla.
Ordinary handcuff,abeg make dem spiral bind him join?.

bettercreature:
I've not been active lately i'm just super-happy seen Mr Metuh humiliated today.


Remember stealing wasn't corruption under 16yrs of PDP rule

Congrats!

Firefire:


Congrats!

Firefire!!! Pop champagne

Firefire:
“Under PDP administration, some Nigerians, including APC leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu were tried but never humiliated; now we see security operatives under this regime being used to crush and humiliate the opposition.”

under pdp tafa balogun, igp was handcuffed by his own police boys

Ok

Talk small if your hands not Clean. But if you are not involved in treasure lloot you are free to talk

Firefire:
“Under PDP administration, some Nigerians, including APC leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu were tried but never humiliated; now we see security operatives under this regime being used to crush and humiliate the opposition.”

Egbon thought you are in burundi?

Anyway sai Baba!!!

The 400million naira bail is a direct outcome of Buhari's mass redeployment

APC judges have clearly been moved to courts where they will simply rubber stamp Buhari's verdict

Nigeria is sliding towards full blown dictatorship!

In time the tyrant Buhari will get bored of scheming and simply suspend the constitution

Nigerians must wake up now!

APC will reap what they are sowing.

When you use the power you have been given unjustly, it will be taken from you and given to someone else.

Nigerians want justice not story. Metuh should refund the money or prove his innocence to the judge(if he believe that he's clean)

mcee1:
Egbon thought you are in burundi?

Anyway sai Baba!!!

Yeah, I left Burundi last week to Rwanda.

How is Afghanistan ?

TonyeBarcanista:
Nigerians want justice not story. Metuh should refund the money or prove his innocence to the judge(if he believe that he's clean)

Sorry sir you got it twisted

Metuh is innocent until proven guilty

It is up to EFCC to prove metuh is guilty

krendo:


Sorry sir you got it twisted

Metuh is innocent until proven guilty

It is up to EFCC to prove metuh is guilty

Metuh is NOT innocent, he is "presumed" innocent until proven otherwise. If Shekau is arrested today, he will be presumed 'innocent' until convicted. It doesn't make him innocent.

krendo:
The 400million naira bail is a direct outcome of Buhari's mass redeployment

APC judges have clearly been moved to courts where they will simply rubber stamp Buhari's verdict

Nigeria is sliding towards full blown dictatorship!

In time the tyrant Buhari will get bored of scheming and simply suspend the constitution

Nigerians must wake up now!

And in then days, he will receive the greatest shock of his life than will end his existence as a beast.

TonyeBarcanista:

Metuh is NOT innocent, he is "presumed" innocent until proven otherwise. If Shekau is arrested today, he will be presumed 'innocent' until convicted. It doesn't make him innocent.

Stop playing with semantics

If the case stops halfway then what's the consequences of being presumed innocent or being innocent?

What's the difference?

Stealing is corruption under the regime of PMB so take note.
Do you think looters of national treasury will be allowed to go Scot free as they used to do when PDP was ruling

This is a tyrannical government

No, it wasnt to subdue pdp, bt bcus he tried acting HARDMAN with efcc, so he had to be chained and treated like a hardened criminal so that he doesnt escape.

KINGinVAHALA

I could remember very well dat under d last administration, mr bode went to prison, alamesia or wat eva,formal IG, so if dis is witch hurt let it be, wen pdp to get dr pls n pls witch hurt any body witch hurtable lobatan. Nobdy is above d law, let d supremacy of law take place, I was reading case of a man dat spent 24yrs in prison jst bcuz he stole pepeye, pepeye ooooooh dey av even put d guy among d pple dey want to execute bi4 minister visit dr, dat1 is wat na witches n wizard hurt abiiii. Palapala

Yam eaters associations aka pdp.

I remember Tafa balogun with handcuff under PDP and no complaints

authority007:
I could remember very well dat under d last administration, mr bode went to prison, alamesia or wat eva,formal IG, so if dis is witch hurt let it be, wen pdp to get dr pls n pls witch hurt any body witch hurtable lobatan. Nobdy is above d law, let d supremacy of law take place, I was reading case of a man dat spent 24yrs in prison jst bcuz he stole pepeye, pepeye ooooooh dey av even put d guy among d pple dey want to execute bi4 minister visit dr, dat1 is wat na witches n wizard hurt abiiii. Palapala

the people you mentioned were part of PDP!

it does not support your argument