As one who travelled with the PDP team in the on going campaign train to the states, what is your reaction to the way and manner President Goodluck Jonathan was attacked in some Northern States?
The truth is that in all the campaigns we have been especially in the north, we have seen widespread reception for the president. The people have shown that they are happy with the president’s performance and his visit to these states.
You will not rule out that in every society there are the miscreants. So the opportunity of one or two individuals or a few individuals to make headlines or to create diversion is not worrisome. It is a wrong thing for anybody to feel that the president has not been treated well in these states. We debunk it and we say it is not true.
The people of the states have received the president very well and they are happy with their performance and the people showed it by coming out enmasse, welcoming, dancing and singing. And you noticed that in this campaign, the people of Nigeria have changed the whole idea and the motto of our campaign to, “Nigeria sai Goodluck”. In the north that was the chant. ‘’Nigeria, sai Goodluck.” If you say Nigeria, they will say Goodluck.
And they have said and they keep on emphasizing it forward Nigeria, forward Nigeria. This government is about moving Nigeria forward and the people are happy with him.
Even in Bayelsa or Cross River, you can still have any mad man, one or two people that are insane to throw stones at our convoy. It doesn’t mean that the people of Cross River, or Akwa Ibom have treated the president badly.
You cannot judge with a miscreant or trouble maker, an isolated case and say that we have not been fairly well treated. I want to say that we have been received very well across the country and we are happy with the treatment we have gotten.
Then, how do you react to the claim by Governor Yuguda that the minister of FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed who is a member of your party sponsored the stoning of the president’s convoy in Bauchi?
You know we have a constitution and we are guided by a constitution. It is curious; it is not a very welcomed development if we have leaders of our party bickering in public. I will refrain from making any comment on it, but we have already directed our members accordingly to be mindful of publicising internal party dispute.
PDP has just lifted the suspension on Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. What informed that decision?
What informed that decision beside the facts that suspensions are for specific periods for the 30 days in the first instance which was not renewed, in spite of that we have to make it public, as a mark of honour to the former chairman, where he has displayed undue restraint, respect for constituted authority.

He has shown loyalty, he has shown his commitment, he has shown his dedication to our party, our programmes, our policies and to the president who is the leader of the party, he has been campaigning and he has shown complete loyalty to Mr President. So we are happy, we believe he remains a father figure in our party and we admire that in him.
Just few days ago the members of the party like Asari Dokubo, Tompolo, said there will be no peace in Nigeria if Jonathan loses February 14 election. We didn’t hear the party condemn that statement. Is the party in agreement with that statement?
Well, we have noted that whilst we are not responsible for the utterances, statements of some of our support individuals, groups and organizations, we are cautioning them to be mindful of what they are saying. Ours is a national party. We cover all zones, all local governments. No individual owns our party, no group, no people, no zone owns our party. And being a national party, we caution some of our people, some of our supporters to be mindful of the zeal that they exhibit. Let the wrong impression not be given.
So if the president loses this election…(cuts in)
We do not entertain losing the election. We will not lose this election because we have done well. We will not lose this election because our party is loved by the people. We won’t lose this election because we have achieved.
Propaganda and allegations
We won’t lose this election because the opposition and its leaders in spite of their false promises, propaganda and allegations, have shown that they are not an option at all, an alternative to what we have on ground, the government of President Goodluck Jonathan.
General Theophilus Danjuma said that Tompolo and the rest should be arrested. Do you agree with him?
We have ended our statement with cautioning some of our supporters to be mindful of what they have done. We ended it with that. We are not a law enforcement agency and we will not delve into such controversial issues. We do not believe that such will be repeated by such individuals.
Danjuma is your member, are you cautioning him to be mindful of his statements too?
No, we are talking about the people that issued the statement. He mentioned the people that should be arrested. My reaction to those people is what I said, not my reaction to what Danjuma said. I made a reaction to the people that he said should be cautioned.http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/not-entertaining-losing-election-metuh-pdp-spokesman/