The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly condemned and completely dissociates itself from the act of violence and attack on members of the Press and the institution of the Media by one of its staff, Emmanuel Okoronkwo.
This is coming after the said staff assaulted a correspondent of Sun Newspapers, Ndubuisi Orji at the party’s secretariat on Monday in Abuja.
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba who gave the indication while addressing journalists on Tuesday, stated that, the Party is committed to the Rule of Law and the democratic tenets of freedom of the Press, transparency and openness which is critical to the activities of the Party and the sustenance of democracy in Nigeria.
He noted that, PDP is reputed for its uncompromising stand in support and defense of the Constitutional freedom of the press and cannot by any means or under any guise whatsoever engage in or condone any act that tends to abridge such legitimate freedom of the Media or any person for that matter.
The National Publicity Secretary therefore assured that the issue will be handled in strict compliance with the Party’s established Code of Conduct guiding activities of staffs at the PDP National Secretariat to serve as deterrent against such condemnable act which has no place whatsoever in the character and comportment of the PDP as a political Party.
He said the Party’s NWC regrets the incident and assured of its unalloyed respect for the Press, particularly members of the PDP Press Corps as they continue as partners in progress for accountability, probity and sustenance of democracy in Nigeria.
