The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reiterated that it will continue to
\ncaution APC leaders against making utterances that fuel violence and
\nmotivate insurgency in the country.<\/p>\n
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh in a statement on
\nTuesday however noted that releases from the ruling party exposing the
\nnegative consequences of unguarded utterances by politicians have
\nsucceeded in sobering some APC leaders.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a responsible party, the PDP has made its point on the utterances,
\ncomments and statements by politicians which tend to influence and\/or
\ninstigate people to violence and we believe that our statements have made
\nAPC and some of their leaders more responsive to their collective duty of
\nverbal restraint.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, we still decry attempts by the APC to seek cheap publicity by
\nmaking classless, childish, immature and ineffective statements on
\nterrorism matters. Sometimes they even speak as if they control their
\nactions\u201d, the statement said.<\/p>\n
The PDP also condemned Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako\u2019s tendencious
\nletter to the governors of the 19 Northern states saying it is shocking
\nthat such came from an elected person. It said Governor Nyako should learn
\nfrom other APC leaders who have started guarding their utterances.<\/p>\n
\u201cGovernor Nyako must desist from such and learn from other APC leaders who
\nare now comporting themselves better as a response to PDP statements which
\nsucceeded in exposing the link between their unguarded utterances and
\nescalation of violence and insurgency in our nation\u201d, the party said.<\/p>\n
The PDP also charged all political figures across board to guide against
\nmaking\u00a0 violence-instigating statements even as it implored President
\nGoodluck Jonathan and the 36 state governors to come up with a strong
\nresolution to stop the trend.<\/p>\n
The party also called on all Nigerians, especially respectable politicians
\nto continue to unite against terrorism and all forms of tendencies that
\npromote violence and divide rather than unite the nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur resolve is to join hands with responsible, respectable and patriotic
\nNigerians to highlight and promote our desire to live together in a
\nstrong, peaceful and united Nigeria. Our enemies are at the gate, but
\ntogether we will keep them out as we continually watch our comments and
\nutterances\u201d, the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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