₦airaland Forum

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemns in totality the brazen display of authoritarianism demonstrated by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC Government in handcuffing its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh even when the court is yet to hear his case.

This development which expectedly elicited widespread public outcry clearly betrays an extra-judicial, top political witch-hunt policy of the APC, carefully designed to humiliate, embarrass and portray PDP leaders as common criminals and set the stage to cow and decimate opposition and perceived foes of the government.

The question remains, if not to mortify, dehumanize and break our National Publicity Secretary, who has been very vocal against the APC administration, and of course to send a signal to others critical of the government, what else would have informed the decision to produce him in court in handcuffs, even when his case does not border on security threat?

Is this an attempt to sway the court and ambush the judicial process against our National Publicity Secretary, all because of his stance against observed ineptitude and dictatorial tendencies of this administration?

The PDP invites all Nigerians and the international community to note the emerging barefaced abuse of state power and violation of constitutional provisions regarding the arrest, detention and eventual arraignment of our spokesperson.

Nigerians by now, should be extremely scared that our country is fast drifting into a police state where being in opposition or holding views divergent to that of the government makes one a criminal and an enemy of the state.

For now, the target of the on-going lopsided war against corruption is the PDP and its leaders. All APC members, including those with known corruption issues are immune from investigation, arrest and prosecution.

However, more worrisome is the fact that institutions of government, especially security and corrective agencies have now fallen victims of dictatorial abuses. Our fear now is that in no time, ordinary citizens of Nigerians, who in the last 16 years have lived under the rule of law and constitutionally guaranteed personal liberty, would begin to suffer brutality and oppression.

Under PDP administration, some Nigerians, including APC leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu were tried but never humiliated; now we see security operatives under this regime being used to crush and humiliate the opposition.

Finally, while we study the bail conditions, we urge all PDP members to remain calm, united, focused and continue to pray for the nation and her people. We also urge the media to remain on the side of justice, fairness and rule of law and resist the pressure of being used as a tool to promote arbitrariness and abuse of process in the so-called fight against corruption.

Read more: http://www.signalng.com/handcuffing-of-olisa-metuh-a-deliberate-plot-to-weaken-our-party-pdp/

An already extinct party complaining of weakning

Let's leave our emotions out of this.
Metuh appearing in court in cuffs is a step all well meaning Nigerians must applaud.

Gone are those days when men like him are chauffeur driven to court in expensive SUVs and Benzes.
Smiling and waving to gullible supporters.
For God's sake he is a frigging fu*cking thief and should be treated as such.

Not guilty until proven guilty by a competent court of law...

why chain him like a petty criminal...

every thing about him is alleged , not yet proven..

pure witch Hunting

Am always annoyed with this PDP party. I don't hate them that much, but their speech and reasons are not different from those who are suffering from mental disorder.

When Olisa Metuh says that he won't return our yam, what did you useless party say?? A thief can only be shown mercy when he begs for his life.

But Metuh still our yam and he still has the gut to tell us that he is not ready to provide our yam back after being caught..

PDP is NOTHING but IDIOT for telling us that it's not normal to put Handcuff on someone that steal our money..

#Kill_Corruption_In_Nigeria

Nothing wrong in handcuffing a prisoner who has been legally remanded in prison by a competent law court.

If Metuh, Dasuki and others didn't dip their hands in the cookie jar, will there have been any alleged "with-hunting"?

The innocents can't ever be witch hunted. Only witches with blood soaked mouth can be witch hunted and NOTHING is wrong in that.

Metuh accepted he received N400m arms money but forming James Bond and saying trash it was for an undisclosed assignment for Jonah!

Since he sees himself as unshakable, he deserves to be humiliated.

Una never see anything. Awon thieves!

Nobody cares about how PDP feels about the ongoing fight against corruption. They had 16 years to change Nigeria but instead, they looted the country dry without thinking about fair treatment to poor Nigerians. Metuh is a thief and he would be treated like a common criminal that he is. A thief who stole N400million does not deserve any better treatment.

if someone stole N1000 can be handcuffed why should someone that stole N400m should not be?

you better start looking for bailed money and stop crying.

Senseless set of people

Why involved himself in an unlawful transaction in the first place?

Na normal thing wey dem dey do for theif, person wey steal 2,000 naira dem put handcuff for em hand talkless of person wey steal 400,000,000

i no dey for delibrate act mata oo when police they handcuff and torture prisoner before them go court during thier administration dem no reason say na delibrate act to weaken the person reputition nw e don reach im turn e wan blow gramma

better for them

omofunaab:
Na normal thing wey dem dey do for theif, person wey steal 2,000 naira dem put handcuff for em hand talkless of person wey steal 400,000,000

pls indicate properly it's #400,000,000.00k

This calls for consideration.
Who was accused of being the bigger thief.

Well am not surprised about PDP not knowing that once u come from prison to court u must be in cops... . And the sake party ruled us for 16 years??
No wonder we import toothpick

Chai! Metuh sorry

He deserved such, a man that snatched and tore statement has a proclivity for violence

Bubewilson:
This calls for consideration.
Who was accused of being the bigger thief.

Buhari, Yari.ba and northern political elites are at it again. When it gets to shooting war, they will be first fools to blame someone else for instigating it. This is government is far from fighting corruption. However Buhari and his government are on mission to tarnish image of certain group in the zoo called Nigeria. Of course, Dasuki, a Fulani, will arrive in court in a private car without handcuffs while Metuh arrives in Black Maria in cuffs. In addition, Metuh never shared any money and was not even a government official. After all these political shenanigans one fool would want to talk unity in Nigeria.

Are you serious?!

Shey Dasuki Don Appear In Court After Goin To Kuje Prison?Lets Wait Nd See When He Will Come To Court Now..

Wow!!!! So they've gone back to their excrement of how Baba is after Igbos!!

If I talk wetin dey my mind, I swear Seun or Mynd44 go ban me till 2244!!