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
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