The Rivers State’s chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed disgust at the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state to host a political event on a day of widespread national mourning following the death in a plane crash of the Chief of Army Staff along 10 others.
The APC said Wike disregarded the feelings of most Nigerians who have been grieving, following the painful loss of officers who died in a tragic air crash in Kaduna on Friday.
Two former chairmen of the APC defected to the PDP and were received by Wike on Saturday in Port Harcourt.
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But the APC noted in a statement by its Spokesman, Ogbonna Nwuke, that “Inspite of the sorrowful mood that the nation was thrown into as a result of the sudden death of the Chief of Army Staff and 10 other gallant officers, Governor Nyesom Wike allowed his team senselessly to engage in shameless and aimless politicking.”
The APC said that the decision to televise such an event on a day that the entire nation was burying its fallen heroes was an act of gross disrespect.
“The APC would have overlooked the charade which took place in the Rivers capital; an event which was broadcast on television; if the Wike administration did not create the impression, through a senseless jamboree, that the Rivers people are insensitive.
“We are truly shocked that Governor Nyesom Wike, a head of Government who is a prime beneficiary of the effort that members of the Armed Forces are making to keep him and the good people of Rivers State safe, could go ahead with a pre-planned reception intended to receive a handful of “bread and butter” politicians.
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“Across the country, events planned for the weekend were shifted in order to enable Nigerians pay their last respect to our fallen heroes who died in an air crash in Kaduna on Friday.
“While the nation mourned the death of its officers, Wike and his colleagues in Rivers State took to the rostrum to show that politics is a more important reflection than appreciating the grief of heart broken Nigerians.
“We believe that the action of Governor Wike and the PDP was rather callous, udesirable and painful. The APC expresses its condolences at this time to the families of our fallen heroes who died on the line of duty. We stand with the Nigerian people, more especially with the families of the bereaved.”
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