The Rivers State Government has raised alert over an alleged threat by Peoples Democratic Party,PDP to forcefully enter the Adokiye Amiesimaka Sports Complex for the Rivers State Presidential Rally.
Mrs Ibim Semenitari,commissioner for information and communications,Rivers state who issued this alert in a statement said the Rivers State Government’s attention “has been drawn to the statement credited to the Peoples’ Democratic Party that it will force its way into the Rivers State Government Owned Adokiye Amiesimaka Sports Complex to hold its Rivers State Presidential Rally.
“At a different time and under different circumstances the Rivers State Government would have ignored the PDP’s ranting but with the party’s penchant for violence and its recent bombings of people and property all over the state, it is pertinent that the Rivers State Government raises this alert and sounds a note of warning to the PDP that the Rivers State Government will not trifle with its responsibility to guarantee the safety of lives and property irrespective of whom is affected.
Explaining why the complex was not avaible for PDP’s use,she said,“The matter of the Adokiye Amiesimaka sports complex is a simple one. The complex is still under construction. As a work site, it is an unsafe environment for use at this time.
The Commissioner noted that “The PDP makes reference to the fact that the APC had held its rally at the same venue. What they failed to mention is that the contractor was moved out of site during the time the APC rally held and remobilized to site right after that rally.
“With less than five months to go to the end of its tenure, the Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi administration is working on ensuring the completion of all its projects before the hand over date of May 29th. With that being the case, the River State Government cannot move its contractors out of site at this time.
“Unlike the PDP that has consistently refused the APC the use of stadia and other facilities in Abuja and other states where it is in control, the Rivers State Government has magnanimously offered the PDP the use of the Liberation Stadium Elekahia, which is also a State facility.
“The resolve of the PDP to unlawfully break into the Adokiye Amiesimaka stadium is therefore a clear determination to create chaos, cause breakdown of law and order and perhaps fulfill the threat issued by some of its members that they will burn down the complex.
“We ask President Jonathan, who is the leader of the PDP, and the Inspector General of Police to rein in their mad dogs and call their people to order”, the statement said.
