Supporters and members of the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) in Rivers State have staged a road protest towards the deliberate native authorities elections scheduled to carry on Saturday, October 5, 2024, within the State.
The protesters had earlier gathered on the get together secretariat in Port Harcourt on Thursday morning earlier than hitting the streets for the protest.
Our Correspondent reviews that the placard-carrying protesters are believed to be factional members of the PDP within the State and supporters of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike.
Recall that Governor Siminalayi Fubara had in a statewide broadcast on Wednesday declared Thursday, October 3 and Friday, October 4, 2024, as public holidays within the State to allow residents to journey to their numerous communities to completely take part within the forthcoming Saturday, October 5 Native Authorities elections.
Fubara additional introduced strict restriction of vehicular motion of residents from midnight on Friday, October 4 to five:00pm on Election Day.
In the meantime, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, has accused the Governor Fubara-led administration of drifting the state right into a state of lawlessness by insisting on going forward with the October 5, 2024 native authorities elections.
Caretaker committee chairman of the APC within the state, Chief Tony Okocha, who disclosed this on Wednesday whereas briefing journalists in Port Harcourt, the state capital, stated the get together is not going to permit Fubara to float the state into anarchy.
Okocha stated: “We’re watching Rivers State drift right into a state of lawlessness on account of aromatic impunity of 1 man. The governor had dominated and had continued to rule this state with impunity. We are able to’t stand and watch him rule the state into oblivion. We have to let the President and Nationwide Meeting members to know our plight.
“As a substitute of interesting towards the judgement of Justice Omotosho of the Federal Excessive Courtroom, Abuja, they’re busy procuring extra courtroom rulings and orders . They haven’t even appealed towards the Omotosho judgement.”
He questioned the propriety of the October 5 native authorities elections within the state, insisting that the APC wouldn’t permit Fubara to float the state into lawlessness.
