THE Presidency has said the repeated media briefings by the main opposition, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on a recent video clip containing alleged conversation between erstwhile All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, and Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, were childish and deceptive.

It said the target of the repeated media outings was Prof. Gambari.

But the Presidency noted that the attack would fail because the Chief of Staff is not a politician.

The PDP, in the last few days, has addressed several media briefings over the video clip showing Prof. Gambari chatting on a walkway in the State House with Oshiomhole.

Although the video clip lasts eight seconds with the larger part of its conversation being hardly audible, the PDP as well as many commentators have picked out a part where the word “arrest” is mentioned and imputed many interpretations to it.

A Presidency source, who spoke in confidence, told State House Correspondents that the opposition chose a wrong target to malign.

The source noted that the efforts the PDP had put into creating a bad image for the Chief of Staff had continued to fail in the face of his solid credibility.

The source was reacting to PDP’s call to the United Nation (UN), the European Union (EU) and other international bodies to place visa restrictions on Prof. Gambari, Oshiomhole and some other persons as punishment for allegedly plotting to truncate democracy and good governance in Nigeria.

Despite the Presidency’s clarification and assurances by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure free and fair poll in Edo and Ondo states, the PDP urged the international community to deny visas to members of the APC for allegedly plotting to endanger democracy and enthrone bad governance.

At a media briefing last week, PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, had said: “We wish to also draw the attention of the international community to this gross abuse of power to undermine the democratic process by critical workers that should defend it. We demand appropriate sanction against the individuals involved in this anti-democratic act; they should be given visa restrictions to democratic countries.

“The interest and will of the people of Edo State should be paramount in all decisions and that should guide any action either by the INEC or the government. The PDP remains vehemently opposed to any postponement of Edo and Ondo states’ governorship elections. September 19 and October 10 should be sacrosanct.”