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PM News reports that tension is brewing in Rivers state after the governor, Rotimi Amaechi, insisted that President Goodluck Jonathan's campaign would not hold at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, next week Wednesday, with the PDP insisting that it must use the stadium.
Amaechi explained that the state would give PDP alternative venues like the Liberation stadium, which is also in Port Harcourt, adding that the contractor in charge of the stadium had complained to his that he needs to complete construction before May, and that he could no longer accept to stop work.
Nyesom Wike, Rivers governorship candidate of the PDP has threatened to use the facility by force and has put security agencies on notice given Amaechi's threat to mobilize supporters against the PDP if they insist on using the Amiesimaka stadium for their campaign rally.
“The PDP wants Amaechi to note that there is a difference between him and the state and by extension, state-owned institutions and should stop acting as though these institutions are his personal property. Regrettably, the only reason he (Amaechi) has given for refusing the PDP to use of the new stadium is that he is the governor and has the right to say No. This is outright turning himself to the ‘state’, which is wrong and anti-democratic.
“While we do not wish to join issues with Amaechi, we also make bold to say that Amaechi’s threats are a pointer to concluded plans to cause breach of the peace and order in the state and should be invited by the law enforcement agencies for interrogation and should also be held responsible for any possible crisis before, during and after President Jonathan’s presidential rally in the state," PDP said in a statement.
Amaechi explained that the state would give PDP alternative venues like the Liberation stadium, which is also in Port Harcourt, adding that the contractor in charge of the stadium had complained to his that he needs to complete construction before May, and that he could no longer accept to stop work.
Nyesom Wike, Rivers governorship candidate of the PDP has threatened to use the facility by force and has put security agencies on notice given Amaechi's threat to mobilize supporters against the PDP if they insist on using the Amiesimaka stadium for their campaign rally.
“The PDP wants Amaechi to note that there is a difference between him and the state and by extension, state-owned institutions and should stop acting as though these institutions are his personal property. Regrettably, the only reason he (Amaechi) has given for refusing the PDP to use of the new stadium is that he is the governor and has the right to say No. This is outright turning himself to the ‘state’, which is wrong and anti-democratic.
“While we do not wish to join issues with Amaechi, we also make bold to say that Amaechi’s threats are a pointer to concluded plans to cause breach of the peace and order in the state and should be invited by the law enforcement agencies for interrogation and should also be held responsible for any possible crisis before, during and after President Jonathan’s presidential rally in the state," PDP said in a statement.