Transition Committee: Lai Mohammed planned to throw Nigeria into Crisis – PDP

THE National Leadership of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP said
Wednessday that but for the maturity of
President Goodluck Jonathan and the head of
the All Progressives Congress, APC’s
Transition Committee, Alhaji Ahmed Joda,
who cleared the air that the presidency was
not frustrating the Committee, APC’s
spokesperson, Alhaji. Lai Mohammed would
have thrown the country into crisis.
The PDP called on all Nigerians to be wary of
actions that were capable of causing disunity
in the land, just as it reiterated its resolve to
focus only on purposeful criticism while
presenting credible alternatives to the
policies and programmes of the in-coming
administration in a manner that will promote
democracy, unity and the well-being of
Nigerians.
In a statement signed Wednessday by PDP
National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa
Metuh, the party stressed that he must
apologise to Nigeria and Nigerians for
alleging that the Presidency and the PDP
had ‘bluntly refused to cooperate’ with the
APC to ensure a successful transition and
that the Transition Committee of the Federal
Government had refused to hold any meeting
with that of the APC.
Metuh who urged Lai Mohammed to learn to
be truthful, honest and desist from
fabricating lies that could be injurious to
democracy and peaceful co-existence in the
country, said, “but for the maturity of
President Goodluck Jonathan and the head of
the APC’s Transition Committee, Alhaji
Ahmed Joda, who cleared the air, the country
would have been thrown into crisis over the
false alert by Lai Mohammed that the
Presidency was frustrating the transition
process.
“After Alhaji Joda debunked Lai
Mohammed’s false statement and denied
that his committee was being frustrated by
the PDP-led Presidency, we waited for forty-
eight hours expecting the APC spokesman to
apologize to the nation, but this has not been
done.
“It would be recalled that Lai Mohammed in a
press statement last Thursday alleged that
the Presidency and the PDP had ‘bluntly
refused to cooperate’ with the APC to ensure
a successful transition and that the
Transition Committee of the Federal
Government had refused to hold any meeting
with that of the APC