Rivers PDP Secretariat Set Ablaze By Arsonists

A part of the Rivers state secretariat
of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP was gutted by fire
in the early hours of Friday.
Vanguard gathered that the timely intervention of those
around saved the building from being consumed by
the fire. A source said the fire was even put out before
arrival of fire fighters from the state. It could not be
confirmed if documents were destroyed.
The state Chairman of the party, Mr Felix Obuah who
spoke on the incident blamed it on those whom he
alleged did not want the party ward congress slated for
tomorrow to hold.
It is not clear if he referred to the opposition parties in
the state or opposition within the party. The PDP has
been enmeshed in internal crisis in the last four months
with some of the party members calling for the
dissolution of the state leadership on the ground that it
is allegedly acting the script of the former Minister of
State for Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, an allegation the
party leadership had continued to deny. On his part,
Wike who is also contesting for the party’s ticket for the
next governorship election also dismissed the allegation
as false.
Meantime, about fifteen governorship aspirants of the
party Thursday called on the national leadership of
the party to ensure the governorship ticket did not go to
an Ikwerre man, apparently referring to Nr Wike who is
from Ikwerre. According to them it would amount to
injustice if another Ikwerre man succeeded governor
Chibuike Amaechi who is from Ikwerre.
Some of them also accused the state leadership of the
party of moving to install Wike as the party’s
candidate.
The state Chairman of the party, Mr Obua said the
congress would still go ahead inspite of the protest and
complaints

THE VANGUARD