The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State have strongly disagreed over the explosion that occurred during the former’s governorship campaign rally in Port Harcourt last Thursday.
The spokesman of the APC 2023 Campaign Council, Sogbeye Eli, while briefing newsmen yesterday in Port Harcourt, alleged that thugs working for the faction of the PDP loyal to Governor Nyesom Wike carried out the attack on supporters of the party.
He said: “We wish to state unequivocally; no part, section or paragraph of Wike’s obnoxious Executive Orders 21 and 22, which subjects political campaigns in Rivers State by opposition parties to strangulation prohibits the use of traditional squares or grounds in our towns and villages. He added: “Curiously, while the PDP government and leaders across the State are violating the rights of opposition parties by attacking campaigns in the 23 LGAs, the factional PDP itself had always acted in gross violation of the Electoral Act.”
“An end must be put to these provocative primitive actions or we shall be forced to defend ourselves with every legitimate tool at our disposal,” he warned.
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