PRESS RELEASE
Re: Respect
Appeal Court Ruling, Don’t Heat Up The Polity –
Okorocha…This Is Another Confirmation That Sheriff Is A Lackey Of The APC – PDP
*Sheriff |
The
attention of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by
Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, CON, has been drawn to the statement credited
to the Governor of Imo State and Chairman of APC Governor’s Forum, Mr. Rochas Okorocha, wherein he said the
PDP should respect the ruling of the Friday, February 17, 2017 Court of Appeal
Judgment and not to heat up the polity.
2.
This statement coming from Okorocha is not all that
surprising. He is not known to be a person who exercises caution or restraint
before making unguarded statements. His constant vituperation on matters small
or big is indicative of an over excited mind desperately in need of a large
dose of tranquilizer. It is curious that while he would want the PDP to
accept the verdict of the court of Appeal and not exercise its right of appeal
to the Supreme Court, he was nowhere to be found when Sheriff refused to accept
the judgment of the Federal High Court in Port
Harcourt but instead proceeded to the court of appeal.
In any case, what is Okorocha’s special interest in the PDP matter? Need
Nigerians any further conviction that the APC is the unseen hand stoking the
fire of crisis in the PDP and Sheriff and his cohorts mere puppets in their
hands?
3.
The desperate attempt by APC to exonerate itself only further
exposed its duplicity. The Police excuse for preventing a peaceful assembly of
distinguished PDP members on alleged but unproven “security threat ” is an
insult to the intelligence of Nigerians. It is the duty of the Police to
provide security if they suspect any breach of peace . It is a gross abnegation
of its responsibilities to prevent people from exercising their
constitutionally guaranteed right of peaceful assembly. No one is in
doubt today that the Police has submitted itself to total control and direction
by the APC.