Tag: Olisa Metuh

Former PDP National Spokesman Olisa Metuh has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu repeatedly reached out to him, urging him to leave the PDP and join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Metuh made the revelation on Sunday during a thanksgiving service in Abuja celebrating his 60th birthday, where he also hinted at a potential return to active politics three years after resigning from the PDP. He recounted feeling abandoned by the PDP during his legal battles, despite years of loyalty to the party. In contrast, members of the APC, including Tinubu—then an opposition leader—offered support. “When I had problems, I did not see my party; I did not see the people I suffered for. I was in the court with my family. But in the midst of that, somebody whom I criticised so much… President Tinubu sent the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, to come and see me. He reached out to me, comforted me, and did a lot of things for me then, and this was someone who was my political enemy,” Metuh said. He added, “It is really not where you sow that you will reap, it is where God said you will reap. I wish PDP well. I gave my life to PDP. But I have moved on, and I wish them well.” Metuh told journalists that he had declined several invitations from Tinubu to join the APC, including after the 2015 election and after leaving politics in 2022. He said his renewed political engagement is aimed at helping the federal government deliver democratic dividends. “Now that I’m in politics, I want to help. Maybe I could be a good voice to ensure that the polity is good. I want to assist the president to deliver the goods, the dividends of democracy. I have seen the steps, I have seen the challenges, and as a patriotic Nigerian, I want to join hands in resolving those challenges,” he said. Metuh also praised other prominent political figures, including Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and David Mark, while emphasizing that his focus is on national development rather than partisan rivalry.