The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh yesterday asked the embattled governor of Nasarawa State, Tanko Al-Makura and the All Progressives Congress, APC to leave the President jonathan and PDP out of the crisis he was facing with members of the State House of Assembly.

Metuh said: “Nigerians may recall that at the wake of the impeachment move in Narasawa State, we came out clearly to restate our non-involvement in the saga and went ahead to charge our lawmakers across the country to ensure that their actions are strictly guided by the provisions of the law.

“We have also severally challenged the governor and the APC to provide evidence of the alleged involvement of the Presidency or the PDP in the crisis.

“However, we are shocked that instead of focusing on finding answers for his problems which must be connected with the bad governance that has characterised APC-led administrations in the country, the Nasarawa State governor has declared war on the lawmakers, while unleashing APC thugs to attack them and stop them from carrying out their constitutional duties.

“We are taken aback by the series of unfounded allegations, insults, blackmails and threats sponsored against the Presidency and the PDP, all in the bid to subvert constitutional provisions, undermine democratic institutions and ultimately establish a reign of impunity in the state as obtainable in other APC states.

“Our advice to the APC and Nasarawa State governor is that in as much as neither the PDP nor the Presidency is involved in the impeachment saga, resorting to baseless allegations, cheap blackmails, threats and violence against the state legislature, the PDP and the Presidency to score cheap political point will not help them.

“We restate our position that in a democracy, the rule of law and the will of the people expressed through the provisions of the law remain paramount and must be adhered to at all times.

“Governor Al-Makura and the APC must understand that the issue at stake is not a matter of political sentiments and threats, neither is it a matter of sponsoring protests and media propaganda, but that of democracy, accountability and the provisions of the laws and the constitution.”

Metuh urged the APC and its governors to sort out their problems and stop pointing finger at the PDP for its predicament “Otherwise they will end up like a man contesting ward nomination but spent his time advertising on a foreign media without directly engaging the ward delegates. How can such a man ever win the nomination?”