THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied having any hand in the crumbling of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as alleged by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh recently.

In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party described Metuh’s allegation that the APC has been working to destabilise the PDP as ludicrous and offered to grant Metuh a free, six-week crash course on his new role as the opposition spokesman.

APC stated that during the training, Metuh would be given free lessons by his APC counterpart, in the spirit of cooperation and for the advancement of the nation’s democracy.

“Metuh will need the training to effectively carry out his new, tough task. It is now obvious that he needs to understand that for him to succeed in his new role, he must be credible, empirical, more sophisticated in language use and very passionate, in addition to being able to operate on a lean or zero budget,” it said.

APC noted that “it is ludicrous, to say the least, for anyone to suggest that the APC is seeking to destabilise the PDP, when the erstwhile ruling party has done such a great job of crumbling under its own weight, having gorged on the commonwealth.”

It added: “Really, it beggars belief to say that the APC is seeking to lure away members of the PDP’s NEC with ‘phantom promises and threats’, with a view to destabilising the party, when everyone knows the rate at which PDP stalwarts have been rushing to jump off the sinking ship called the PDP before it finally tips over.

“Our National Chairman and our President-elect have even spoken out publicly on this issue, encouraging the eager PDP defectors to stay back in their party so they can provide a formidable opposition to the new ruling party. How then can anyone accuse the APC of either luring away PDP members or seeking to destabilise a party that has done itself in?”

The party advised Metuh to take a little time off so he can engage in some introspection, against the backdrop of the total repudiation by Nigerians of the brand of politics that his party, the PDP, played in its days as the ruling party.

“There is no doubt that Metuh is in a hurry to do his work as an opposition spokesman. He should not worry. He should save his energy, because he would need it, in addition to the crash course which has been offered to him freely, if he is to function effectively in his new role. Having been in opposition for so long, we can tell Metuh that it is not a cat walk.”