The party said that the development betrayed an extra-judicial, top political witch-hunt policy ofthe All Progressives Congress, which it said was carefully designed to humiliate, embarrass and portray PDP leaders as common criminals and set the stage to cow and decimate opposition and perceived foes of the government.
In a statement signed by the party's National Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo on Tuesday, the party said the aim of the of the ruling party is to break Metuh.
"The question remains, if not to mortify, dehumanise and break Metuh, who has been very vocal against the APC administration, and of course to send a signal to others critical of the government, what else would have informed the decision to produce him in court in handcuffs, even when his case does not border on security
threat?" Oladipo said.
"Is this an attempt to sway the court and ambush the judicial process against our National Publicity Secretary, all because of his stance against observed ineptitude and dictatorial tendencies of this administration?
"The PDP invites all Nigerians and the international community to note the emerging barefaced abuse of state power and violation of constitutional provisions regarding the arrest, detention and eventual
arraignment of our spokesperson."
Oladipo added that Nigerians by now, should be extremely scared that the country was fast drifting into what he called a police state where being in opposition or holding views divergent to that of the government makes one a criminal and an enemy of the state.
He alleged that for now, the target of the on-going "lopsided war against corruption is the PDP and its leaders" while all APC members, including those with known corruption issues had been immune from investigation, arrest and prosecution.
Oladipo added that, more worrisome was the fact that institutions of government, especially security and corrective agencies have now fallen victims of dictatorial abuses.
With this, he said the PDP was afraid that in no time, ordinary citizens of Nigerians, who in the last 16 years have lived under the rule of law and constitutionally guaranteed personal liberty, would begin to suffer brutality and oppression.
He said, "Under PDP administration, some Nigerians, including APC leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu were tried but never humiliated; now we see security operatives under this regime being used to crush and humiliate the opposition."

FROM  IHEANACHO NWOSU, ABUJA
The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Capital Territory ((FCT ) is investigating the abandonment of roads and other capital projects worth over N470billion.The projects are those initiated between 2010 and last year.  The projects which include roads, water, health, transportation  are yet to be  completed, and in some instances, yet to even commence. Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Emmanuel Ji‎me (APC-Benue) disclosed this yesterday  in Abuja. Jime, who blamed the abandonment of the projects on  poor releases from the Budget Office for projects in the federal capital.
He regretted that the situation was leading to the dilapidating infrastructure in Abuja. Jime sad: “‎The committee has observed that the ONEX and OSEX road projects are still on-going. How-ever, we are made to understand that these critical roads should have been completed in 2013. We believe FCTA should channel adequate resources towards completion of those roads. “It’s unfortunate that we are learning that over N470billion is still required, after several budget years to complete some of these projects. So what to ask is, where is the money from the budget passed since 2008 for these projects”.
He said the committee had through its oversight since 2011, noted the sad decline in Federal Government’s attention to the FCT. “The committee notes that the notional priority budget of the FCT had been shrinking at alarming rate. In 2008, it was N19billion, in 2013 N55billion. But this year, a paltry N30billion has been appropriated”, he said. The lawmaker lamented  that despite huge allocations to the Cultural Centre and Millenium Tower, only 28 per cent of the project is completed. Jime also gave a disappointing verdict on the health sector in the FCT.
He said: “We had been to Utako General Hospital and upon inspection, noticed defects in architectural design of the building. One of the members, raised a query and today, part of the building has collapsed, with billions of naira going down the drain”. According to him, only N1billion is allocated to the rail project in Abuja, which is supposed to gulp a N9billion counterpart funding yearly.
The committee also regretted that waterworks in Abuja which were to be completed in 2012, were still at foundational level, while roads and other projects remained in dismal conditions. The chairman urged the Ministry of Finance to release immediately $523million being part of government counterpart funding for the light rail project in the FCT.

N30mn – this sum is required by the abductors of Dicken Worlu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers state.
Worlu has become one of the four PDP members kidnapped in the last two weeks.
He was abducted from his residence in Port Harcourt on March 4 by unknown gunmen.
On Sunday (today), the kidnappers contacted the family of the hostage to demand a ransom.
The Worlu's wife Patricia told the members of the National Association of Seadogs that the family does not have the sum that the abductors demanded.
"The family has not been the same since the sad incident. We are appealing to the kidnappers to have pity on the family and release my husband," she said.
Punch reports that it still has not been possible to reach the State Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmad Mohammad, to speak on the matter.
Chinyere Igwe, Ikechi Chinda and Allwell Ihunwo, who were kidnapped, were released on Thursday.
The same day the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Johnson Tunde Ogunsakin, siad his administration would not tolerate kidnapping in the state.

Hours after two massive explosions killed 51 people in the Ngomari area of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, the Boko Haram sect again went on rampage killing no fewer than 39 people in a rifle attack on Mainok, a village about 30 miles west of Maiduguri.
The attackers who were armed with rifles and grenade launchers arrived around midnight and after the shooting, the terrorists set the village ablaze.
An eyewitness disclosed that “they have AK 47, RPG launchers and so on. They just started shooting and burning every house in the village.They can kill anybody, including women and children. They kill anybody that can see them.”
Incidentally, with the state of emergency in Borno State, there is military presence around the state. The military claimed to have killed 13 terrorists in a raid last week while the Boko Haram sect seems undeterred and continues to unleash mayhem on the citizens.