PDP Denies Accepting Responsibility For The Wrongs Of Past 16 Years

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has denied accepting responsibility
for the wrongs of the past 16 years.

The PDP made the denial via a statement issued by its National
Publicity secretary, Olisah Metuh today. Parts of the statement said,
''We have also noted that some of our new media handles, our facebook
and twitter accounts have been hacked resulting in series of
unauthorised releases, with the latest being Sunday's post quoting our
party as accepting responsibility for failure in the last 16 years, a
statement which could not have come from the PDP that has a robust
record of achievements in all sectors of our national life within the
period.

''However, now that the campaigns are over, we wish to notify the
general public, especially the media that henceforth only statements,
utterances and positions of the National Chairman and the National
Publicity Secretary or any other national officer of the party
authorised by the National Working Committee shall be regarded and
reported as the official position of our great party in line with the
relevant provisions of the PDP constitution.

''For purposes of clarity, this directive does not in any way affect
the inalienable constitutionally guaranteed rights of our members as
free citizens to hold and air opinions, but such personal opinions
must not in any way be rendered or reported as the official position
of the PDP. Consequently, media houses, particularly the electronic
media and the civil society should note that only authorised persons
should be invited to speak or stand in for the PDP for interviews,
debates, talk shows or any other media appearance whatsoever.

''Furthermore, to halt the embarrassing trend in our social media
handles, the party has decided to decommission our official twitter
and facebook accounts for now, to pave way for proper overhauling of
the system. The foregoing is pursuant to our determination to rebuild
and reposition our great party, instill discipline in our fold, check
unnecessary divergences and put the PDP on a strong footing to regain
power in 2019.

''Additionally, in the new spirit of rebuilding and repositioning, the
national leadership charges all members who have genuine grievances to
channel such through the appropriate organs of the PDP for redress,
using the internal conflict resolution mechanisms that abound in our
party. Finally, we urge the media to always crosscheck with the
relevant officials of our party on official matters before going to
press."