The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday urged the national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Senator Bola Tinubu, to desist from comments on PDP-related issues and focus on salvaging what it described as “his fast crumbling political empire.”
In a reaction to the criticism of the formation of the PDP Governors Forum (PDPGF) by the former Lagos state governor, PDP national publicity secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, questioned the motive of Senator Tinubu in the disparaging comments he made against the emergence of the PDPGF. Metuh said, “Senator Tinubu’s remarks are contrary to the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of association.”
The party said the constant attacks on its Governors Forum were an indication that the opposition had been having sleepless nights over the formation of the forum and the emergence of Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio as its chairman.
The statement reads: “Since the inception of the current democratic dispensation, governors have had several groups where they meet to aggregate their common interests. We have governors of the ACN always meeting.
“We also have groups like the Northern Governors Forum, South-East Governors Forum, South-South Governors Forum and so on. What is the idea behind Tinubu’s attack on the PDPGF? It goes to show the absence of democratic tenets in him,” the party said.
The PDP further said Senator Tinubu lacked the democratic disposition to comment on meetings of like minds.
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