Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has spoken on why the state
revoked its approval of the Adokiye Amiesimaka stadium for the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign rally.
Wike spoke on Thursday at the Rivers PDP campaign rally in
Degema LGA of the state.
The Rivers government had approved the venue for Atiku
Abubakar, standard-bearer of the PDP, to use for his presidential campaign
rally scheduled to hold on February 11.
But in a letter dated January 31 and addressed to Aminu Tambuwal,
governor of Sokoto and director-general of the PDP presidential campaign
council, Christopher Green, Rivers commissioner for sports, said the approval
has been withdrawn.
The state also alleged that there was a plot by the Atiku
campaign organisation in the state to share the facility with a “violent”
faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Reacting to the withdrawal of the approval for the campaign
venue, Abiye Sekibo, director-general of the Atiku campaign in Rivers, accused
Wike of working for Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate.
Speaking at the rally on Thursday, Wike said the state
rescinded its approval to safeguard the facility from vandalism.
He added that the supporters of the PDP presidential candidate
in the state wouldn’t have been able to fill the stadium.
“Don’t say we stopped them from holding the rally; we
didn’t. They applied to me and I gave (Adokiye Amiesimaka stadium) to them.
They now went back and began to meet with the faction of the opposition, and
you know that opposition has never held any rally without violence,” he said.
“And I said I cannot joke with Adokiye Amiesimaka stadium.
Since we have this intelligence, we will not allow it. Did anybody force us to
give them before? Are we not the ones who gave them? Did they pay money? Go and
see the place.
“I know they are happy because they know there is no way they can fill that stadium. Instead of them to say thank God for covering our shame.”
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