Issue a disclaimer now against Reno Omokri over his inciting posts, Olisa Metuh tells PDP

Former publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, has called on the party to issue a disclaimer to Reno Omokri’s posts.

The PDP chieftain who was responding to a post made by the former fugitive aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan inciting the Yorubas against the Igbos said “There is no way any responsible or respectable democrat can condone such insensitivity.”

Metuh said what Omokri is doing is against the noble ideas of the founding fathers of the PDP, adding that the “ideals and values should not be desecrated by any individual, on the altar of a false strategy to engineer hatred against any tribe or stroke an ethnic contest.”

“The time has come for the Peoples Democratic Party to issue a disclaimer to Reno Omokri’s posts. Whilst he is not a member of the Presidential Campaign team, his closeness to the Presidential candidate and his open support for the party may mislead people to believe his posts as representing the views of the Party.

“There is no way any responsible or respectable democrat can condone such insensitivity. We did not join politics to mock or disparage any set of individuals, least of all a whole tribe.

“The founding fathers of the PDP had noble ideals and its ideals and values should not be desecrated by any individual, on the altar of a false strategy to engineer hatred against any tribe or stroke an ethnic contest.

“I spoke with Reno yesterday morning and he agreed on issue based campaign only, this is a complete negation of that promise.

“We all should insist on an issue based campaign.”

Kalu Idika

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