RIVERS PDP SECRETARIAT ON FIRE, LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER ANTI-WIKE RALLY
The Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, Secretariat along Port Harcourt/Aba Expressway in Port Harcourt,
has been set on fire in the early hours of today by unknown persons after tying
up the security guards on duty.
Confirming
the fire incident, Jerry Needam, the Special Adviser to Felix Obuah, Chairman
of PDP,on Media said early arrival of state fire service helped to put out the
fire.
Also
confirming the fire incident, Obuah said that “An attempt to burn the party
secretariat has being carried out by desperate politicians who want the party
to postpone the party’s ward and local Government Congresses scheduled to take
place tomorrow, Saturday. They have failed because arrangements have concluded
and we are going ahead. Nobody can stop it. PDP will come tops”.
“We
have watching on news of some desperate politicians threatening the party.”
Obuah said.
The
fire incident is happening less than 24 hours after 15 governorship aspirants
held a mega rally insisting on rotation of power in the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, at the Liberation Stadium.
Many
of the aspirants urged President Goodluck Jonathan and national leadership to
intervene in crisis rocking the state branch of the party allegedly hijacked by
the Nyesom Wike, former Minister for Education who also has ambition to be
governor.
At the time of
this report, fire fighters were at scene to put out the fire.
Culled from PM News
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