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From Tony John, Port Harcourt
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of anti-party activities.
He said it was anti-party for the national leadership of the party to tell lawyers handling legal suits on behalf of the PDP in the state to dissociate themselves from the cases.
The PDP in Rivers State had taken some political parties in the state to court over non-compliance to the regulations and laws of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the conduct of their primaries.
Wike who spoke at State School Premises, Okehi 1, venue of the Rivers State PDP campaign flag off rally in Etche Local Government Area, yesterday, alleged that the national leadership of the party asked lawyers handling various legal matters by the state chapter to withdraw legal representations.
“We have caught them; they are the ones engaged in anti-party. I told them anti-party begets anti party. You know we carried these small parties (APC, SDP) to court for failing to do what the law says.
“The people in Abuja that say they are national have gone to collude with them to write our lawyers a letter that they should take their hands off in order to kill the cases we filed. I have told our lawyers to withdraw from the matters, I will hit them back by tomorrow.
“Nobody hurts us without sustaining a scar. Anybody who dares to touch us in Rivers State, I will inflict many scars on him and we have started it. We are voting for our people here. Now you have told us you are doing anti-party. We will show you what anti party is. Already, we have caught them red-handed.”
Wike emphasised that the forthcoming election was a battle that must be won, and urged Etche people to go home, get prepared by collecting remainder of their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) with INEC and vote all PDP candidates in the state.
The governor said PDP in Rivers State was a formidable squad, fully prepared for the election, and had all that it took to win for all its candidates.
Wike thanked Etche people for their massive turn out at the rally, which demonstrated that they were fully in support of PDP in the state.
He urged them to vote Siminialayi Fubara as his successor to consolidate the gains of his administration.
Governorship candidate of the PDP in the state, Siminialayi Fubara, solicited bulk votes from Etche people to enable him and the entire consolidation team win. He said if elected, his administration would ensure that the closure of courts in the state is never experienced again.
Rivers State Chairman of PDP, Desmond Akawor, who presented party flags to the candidates contesting for the various positions, urged the people to vote for them.
Candidate for Rivers East Senatorial District, Allwell Nyesoh, spoke on behalf of other candidates, accepted the responsibility of flying the party’s flag and pledged that they would provide quality representation, following in the foot steps of Wike.
Earlier, Wike had visited Ochie of Etche Land, Onye-Isi Etche, king Emmanuel N. B. Opurum at his palace in Ndashi to acquaint the monarch of the flag off of PDP campaign in Etche Local Government Area.
