FG PLANNING TO SILENCE ME- METUH

The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  Chief Olisa Metuh, has cried out over an alleged moves by the federal government to persecute him.

Although Metuh failed to give reasons why the government was after him, he made a veil reference to the ongoing wave of arrests of some of his compatriots in the PDP over monies received from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA).

Addressing a press conference yesterday at the party’s national secretariat  in Abuja, the PDP spokesman said he had been “hounded, harassed, intimidated and threatened severally” in the last seven months for voicing out the view of the opposition.

He said the apparatus of government should not be used as an instrument to settle scores, adding that he never had any contract dealings with the immediate past federal government or any of its security apparatus.

“In the last seven months, as opposition spokesperson, I have been hounded, harassed, intimidated and threatened severally. In order to avoid personal and family pressure, I had refrained from bringing them to the public domain,” he said.
Metuh said the  press briefing had become very expedient, taken into consideration “the times we find ourselves, especially as they relate to me.”

He told journalists that based on the information available to him, the federal government was becoming desperate to find ways of nailing him.

“However, on account of recent information available to me, I now have cause to believe that the federal government is desperate and may have finalised plans to silence me.

“Nevertheless, I make bold to state the following, as someone who has been a private person, having not taken any public office, the choice of where, how and when to invest and conduct my personal business remains my prerogative. “In this regard, I note that I never had any contract dealings with the immediate past federal government or any of its security apparatus.

“In the course of my duties as the National Publicity Secretary of our party, the then leader of our party and President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria invited me and directed that I carry out some assignment relating to my office and which he duly funded.

“It is important to note that the former president was fully satisfied with the way and manner I handled the assignment. Finally, I reiterate that the present government should not use the apparatus of state power to settle personal scores.
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