A former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, yesterday accused the party of leaving him in the cold when he needed its solidarity most.
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Metuh said he laboured for the PDP and was sent to a 10-month jail for the party but its leaders turned their back on him during his travails.
Metuh, who spoke at a thanksgiving service to mark his 60th birthday, said it was only President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma who identified with him during the period he described as the worst in his life.
The former PDP spokesman promised to assist President Tinubu’s administration in whatever way he can.
He said: “My trial was one of the worst things that happened to me. The day I was convicted, I celebrated. There have also been good times. God has brought good people close to me, people who have shown me love and care. One of the people who have shown me love is the governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma.
“All my life, I gave it to the PDP. (Former Works Minister Babatunde) Fashola was my classmate at the Law School. He would call me to come and take land in Ikoyi, Lagos, and I would say: ‘How can I take land from the All Progressives Congress (APC)? I was very dedicated to the PDP. I cannot when I am in the PDP.’
“When we lost the (2015) election, and the President wanted APC to have the Senate President and Speaker, he called several times. He kept on saying he wanted to work with me, but I refused.
“When I had problems, I did not see my party; I did not see the people I suffered for. I did not see my party. I was in the court with my family. But in the midst of that, somebody whom I criticised so much reached out to me.
“President Tinubu was the head of the opposition then. Every week, we must find something to criticise him with. In the middle of my problem, he sent the Speaker of the then House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, to come and see me.
“He reached out to me, he comforted me and he did a lot of things for me then. This is someone who was my political enemy. So, I say today that it is really not where you sow that you will reap. It is where God says you will reap what you sowed.
“Politically, I am now active. Anywhere Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma goes, there I shall go too.”
Admitting that Nigeria was facing some challenges, Metuh promised to contribute his quota to grow the nation’s democracy.
He said: “I am trying to make sure that I assist the government at the centre and the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to deliver the goods, the dividends of democracy.
“I have seen the steps, I have seen the challenges. As a patriotic Nigerian, I want to join hands in resolving those challenges. I wish the PDP well. I gave my life to the PDP, but I have moved on, and I wish them well.”
The former PDP spokesman said he believed there are credible people in the opposition who would make sure Nigeria does not become a one-party state.
“There are a lot of credible citizens. Atiku Abubakar is a very credible person. Peter Obi is a very credible person. David Mark is very credible. There are a lot of people,” he said.
Metuh said he was invited several times by President Tinubu to join the ruling party but declined.
He added: “It took me a long time to get involved in politics. I’ve been called several times. The President wanted to work with me. Even in 2015, when we lost the election, I didn’t bother. He reached out to me again.
“When I left politics in 2022, he called me to come into his party. I refused. After he won the election, I went to see him. He called me to join the party because he needed me, and he needed the kind of things that we could do. I refused because I stopped partisan politics.
“Now that I’m in politics, I want to help. Maybe I could be a good voice on this side to ensure that the polity is good. As I explained to you, we need space in our democracy. We need to grow it. We need a vibrant opposition. We need people to express their views. We need to do all sorts.”
The thanksgiving service was attended by Governor Uzodinma, former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim, former Governors of Abia, Ebonyi, and Imo States, Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Sam Egwu (Ebonyi), and Ikedi Ohakim (Imo), Emeka Ihedioha (Imo), as well as Senator Victor Umeh and Tony Nwoye.
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