The Presidential Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has accused Governor Nyesom Wike of finally settling to support the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
This came as the council in a letter dated February 1, claimed that Wike had already directed all local government chairmen, his aides and party executive members to deliver Tinubu at the poll.
The letter was addressed to Wike and signed by the Director, State Campaign Management Committee, Rivers State chapter, Dr. Abiye Sekibo.
Sekibo’s letter was in response to the reason Governor Wine gave for cancelling an approval he gave to the council to use the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium for Atiku Abubakar’s campaign.
Sekibo charged Wike with attempting to obstruct Atiku Abubakar, the PDP candidate, from becoming the country’s next president.
Additionally, he argued that Wike’s participation in G-5 activities was the height of anti-party, and he questioned why the governor would go on to charge them with cooperating with an APC subgroup in the state.
He refuted the Governor’s assertion that the council was collaborating with an APC section led by Tonye Patrick Cole to share the facility that had been agreed with the APC.
Sekibo said: “We completely sent your assertion as patently false and perverse and we believe that our highly respected security agencies cannot furnish you with such untrue and unfounded lies.
“The PDP Presidential Campaign Council has nothing whatsoever to do with the APC in Rivers State. It is appalling and highly preposterous for you or anyone to assume that the PDP and the APC could jointly hold an event in the same venue”.
According to Sekibo, the only reason for the cancellation was Wike’s notice of their massive mobilisation and acceptance of Atiku by the people of Rivers State.
He said: “However, we are rather aware by credible information reaching us that Your Excellency has directed all local government council chairmen, special advisers, commissioners, party executives are the state, local government and ward levels and all other appointees of yours to work for the Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu even though you have not had the courage to announce same to the people of the state.
“Your general public utterances, innuendos and conduct have pointed to the fact that you are bent on frustrating and if possible preventing the emergence of PDP Presidential Candidate as the next President of Nigeria.
“Your involvement in G-5 is the height of anti-party activity. It is, therefore, surprising that you are now accusing us of hobnobbing with the APC faction in Rivers State.”