PORT HARCOURT—Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has said that Governor Nyesom Wike was doing everything possible to tackle security challenges in Ogoni area of the state. Speaking against the backdrop of allegations by Senator Magnus Abe that the governor’s comment at the 50th birthday anniversary of Senator Lee Maeba triggered electoral violence in Ogoniland, the party dismissed same as untrue.
Deputy Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Sam Wonosike, who spoke, yesterday, in Port Harcourt, said it was unfortunate that Senator Abe could make weighty allegations that he cannot substantiate. He said that the governor merely enjoined Ogoni people to give their votes to Senator Olaka Worgu in the re-run election as a befitting 50th birthday gift to Senator Maeba, a chieftain of the PDP.
“I am not surprised that Senator Abe will twist what the governor said that was widely reported in the media for cheap political reasons. This has been his style. You remember when he claimed that police shot him. We know him. All Wike said when he attended Lee Maeba’s birthday was widely reported. He only appealed to Ogoni to give Senator Maeba a 50th birthday gift by voting for his party, the PDP.
There is noting wrong with that statement,” he said. Wonosike said that Governor Wike was working with the various security agencies to wipe out cultism and other related problems in the state.
He advised the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure they conduct free and fair re-run election in areas where they suspended the exercise.
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