The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers State has rejected the site granted by Governor Nyesom Wike for the party’s standard bearer, Atiku Abubakar, for a campaign event.
According to reports, Wike reapproved the Adokiye Amesiamaka Stadium in Igwurita-Ali, Port Harcourt, for the PDP presidential campaign rally in the South-South state on Tuesday.
The reapproval comes just one week after the governor cancelled the previous approval and prohibited the PDP presidential campaign council from utilizing the facility due to supposed security concerns.
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However, during a radio interview in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, Dr. Leloonu Nwibubasa, the state spokesperson for the PDP PCC, stated that the council is uninterested in the governor’s Greek gift.
He noted that the council cannot rely on Wike’s remarks, questioning how the governor arrived at the conclusion that there will be violence at the site for which he already revoked his approval.
He said: “We are aware that yesterday he announced that the stadium has been restored and that he has rescinded his decision.
“But let me state this very clearly, the Presidential Campaign Council of Atiku Abubakar is not interested in Governor Wike’s greek gift.
“The said stadium that he revoked for reasons that he gave based on intelligence. May I ask, has he reversed those intelligence report?
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“Is the Presidential Campaign Council not colluding with the APC to hold a joint rally in the same stadium? Are there no security reports that show that there had been violence?
“How did Governor Wike come with his reason that there will be violence for which he earlier revoked the stadium?”
Nwibubasa stated that before Atiku may use the sanctioned stadium, Wike must first write to the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC), just like he did when cancelling the approval.
He added: “He wrote to us formally cancelling the approval. We also expect Governor Wike to write and not just standing on a podium during campaign and making statements that depict a very high-level of instability. At this point, Rivers people should be aware that they have an unstable leader.”
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