Political Killings: PDP Urges Police To Invite Rivers APC State Chairman For Explanations

 

The chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bro Felix Obuah says by the comments of Mr Davies Ikanya, the State chairman of the APC while addressing newsmen on its recent black Monday protest in Port Harcourt has admitted he knows the killers of some of the victims he claimed lost their lives during the 2015 general elections across the State.

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According the Bro Obuah through a statement signed by Jerry Needam, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Ikanya did not mince words when he admitted he knows the killers of one Christopher Adugbe, his two children and driver and therefore owes the police the responsibility of providing clues to those who committed this heinous act and should be invited and interrogated for details.

Describing Mr Ikanya’s sweeping allegations on the cause and identity of the killers of Mr Adugbe and family as one too many, the State PDP boss said Mr Ikanya should not continue to hide under the cover of the APC to malign and commit all manner of criminalities against the State and the citizens.

Noting that the killed politician, and APC convert as alleged by Mr Davies Ikanya was never an Andoni man as he, neither did the incident take place in Andoni, Mr Ikanya’s claim should therefore not be taken lightly or considered inconsequential and need further explanations to enable the police unravel this mystery for the benefit of all Rivers people, Bro Obuah stressed.

The State PDP chairman however wondered why the APC chairman should have such crucial clue to the abominable blood-letting that caused so much anguish to the Ogba people in particular and the State generally, yet he chose to go about the streets of Port Harcourt to celebrate when the logical thing to do would have been obliging the police the necessary assistance to arrest the culprits to serve as a deterrent to others.

He also challenged Mr Davies Ikanya to stop being cowardly and be man enough to State his facts rather than revel in casting aspersions on his superiors to please his paymasters.

“Mr Ikanya should also realize that great minds are preoccupied with serious issues for the progress of the society while idle minds keep even night vigils discussing great men. This is the bane of the APC in Rivers State, so the earlier he realizes this, the better for himself, his party and the generality of Rivers people”, Bro Obuah declared.

The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party again absolves the State chairman of the Party, Bro Felix Obuah, the Governor of the State, Barr Nyesom Wike, other leaders and members of the party from any murder case or criminality in State.

Political Killings: PDP Urges Police To Invite Rivers APC State Chairman For Explanations

Wike’s Disdain for Int’l Election Observers’ Reports Ludicrous - APC

The All Progressives Congress [APC] in Rivers State says it finds it curious that the governorship candidate of the PDP, Barr. Nyesom Wike has been moving from one media house to the other dismissing the very credible reports on the April 11 electoral debacle in Rivers State by international election observers.

“Indeed, this despicable attitude suggests that Mr. Wike has his own meaning of international election standard different from what the rest of the international community know”, said Rivers State APC Publicity Secretary, Chris Finebone in a statement today.

The party reiterated that several of the acclaimed international observer groups that condemned the governorship elections in Rivers State include the African Centre for Leadership Strategies and Development, The European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Nigeria, the US Embassy in Nigeria, among others.

The full statement read:

The African Centre for Leadership Strategies and Development led by Humphrey Bekaren reported:

“What we saw did not meet international standard of electioneering, not even the ones set by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC.

“We request all lovers of democracy to join us in calling for the outright cancellation of the phony election. Unless this is done, we would have sown the seed that could eventually grow into providing a shade of fear and death over us.”

For the European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Nigeria led by The EU EOM Chief Observer, Santiago Fisas:

“On 11 April, security incidence and violence were reported from across the country; predominantly, it involved inter-party clashes, an attack on election site by hoodlums often involving ballot boxes and election materials snatching.

“Credible reports show that problems were very severe in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. These warrant further investigation.

“I called on all stakeholders, voters, candidates, and more particularly, the political parties, to continue to maintain a peaceful response to the outcomes of the polls and to make any grievances through official channel.

“It is very regrettable that so many people lost their lives during the elections. Election must be violent-free; that loss of lives is not acceptable. Citizens should be able to express their political will freely without fear for their lives.”

On its part, the US Embassy in Nigeria alleged massive electoral irregularities in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. According to the Embassy:

“We have seen the reports of violence and alleged irregularities, particularly in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states.”

With these and many more observations made on the April 11 elections in Rivers State, it is rather surprising that Barr. Nyesom Wike could go public with his claims that the process met local and international election standards. Obviously, he has to re-work his understanding of what national and international election standards mean.

It is important to remind Mr. Wike that the election process does not end with declaration of results; it ends after the ruling of the electoral appeal court or the Supreme Court depending on the position contested.

Wike’s Disdain for Int’l Election Observers’ Reports Ludicrous - APC