By
Sola Omoniyi
Rivers seals Atiku Campaign Office over ‘Violation of Executive Order’
Rivers state government under the leadership of governor Wike has sealed the campaign office of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, in the state.
The office which was located in Port Harcourt, the state capital, was sealed on Friday following the directive of a court order.
According to governor Wike’s spokesperson, Kelvin Ebiri, he stated;
“The Rivers state government approached a court which ordered that the place should be sealed up,”
“The Rivers state executive order 22 prohibits the location of a political campaign office in a residential area. It was the court that ordered the place to be sealed up.”
The development is the latest in a cycle of controversies involving PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Nyelsom Wike
There has been crisis in the PDP immediately after the party’s convention where Wike calls for the removal of Iyorchia Ayu, the PDP national chairman.
Although he is still a member of the PDP, the governor has, in recent months, been seen in the company of candidates from other parties.
In October, he alleged that Abubakar constituted the PDP presidential campaign council in Rivers “without a whole (sic) governor of a state having a contribution”.
Speaking at the inauguration of a flyover in Obi-Akpor LGA, Wike said he will announce his preferred presidential candidate in January and mobilise people “from state to state” for the candidate.
“From January next year, I will campaign to my people who they will vote for. So, all of you who have been suspects and have been saying all kinds of things and abusing me, wait. January has come,” he said.
