Rivers state PDP Members Protest against Imposition of Wike as Governorship Candidate
Over 2000 members of the Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party staged a protest at the national headquarters of the party in Abuja on Wednesday, expressing displeasure at the alleged plan by the party and the Presidency to force the choice of former Minister of State(Education), Nyesom Wike as the party’s governorship candidate in the state.
The protesters, who reportedly arrived the secretariat as early as 6:30am, took over the entire premises of the secretariat even before the arrival of its members of staff and complained that the PDP House of Assembly primaries held in the state on saturday were not fair.
They carried various placards with inscriptions such as “Wike can’t be our Governor”, “We want clearance to contest 2015 elections”, “Give us back our money”, “We are tired of a two-man state exco”, “Felix Obuh must go”, “Wike has bought the soul of River PDP”, “Criminals have been cleared to be PDP aspirants in River State”, among others.
The protesters also erected a pavilion with which they blocked the entrance to the building even as more than 70 policemen arrived the scene, led by two assistant commissioners.
