Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state has blamed the violence that
occured in Okrika, Rivers state during the All Progressives Congress
(APC) campaign rally yesterday on the wife of the president, Patience
Jonathan.
“Clearly the wife of the president does not want APC to campaign in her home, Okrika,” Amaechi said.
Amaechi who spoke to journalists in Abuja after a meeting of APC
leaders at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre condemned the act of violence and
expressed disappointment over the inability of law enforcement agents’
to ensure a hitch free campaign for the APC, despite having earlier
assured the party of security and gave approval for the campaign to
hold.
“Again, as usual, the wife of the president won’t allow the APC hold
rally in that place (Okrika). The wife of the president and the
governorship candidate of Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP in Rivers again
organized thugs to disrupt APC rally. As usual, the police couldn’t
protect us, we are talking about over 200 policemen. I asked the
commissioner of police and he said they have over 200 policemen there.
“Yet, three explosions and then they opened fire on members of APC.
The ChannelsTV reporter I hear, is injured, stabbed, and members of APC
injured,” he said.
“We had meetings with DSS (Directorate of State Security) and police
and they confirmed we could go ahead. There were 200 policemen and there
were over 20 to 30 DSS men who came there and they did nothing,”
Amaechi said.
Asked if Rivers state is ready to conduct elections, he said, “you
should ask the President that question. He can postpone national
election”.
meanwhile the APC gubernatoria candidate have also put the blame on the president's wife and PDP for unleashing violence on innocent citizen who came out for his campaign.
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