There is no war or any insecurity issue in Rivers - PDP tells Buhari
- The PDP in Rivers state said President Buhari’s planned visit to the state is not based on insecurity
- The opposition party said there is no crisis in the state to warrant a presidential visit
- It claimed the president’s visit is aimed at settling the APC crisis in the state
Ahead of the planned visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Rivers state, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it is not necessary for the president to visit the state as a result of insecurity.
The state public secretary of the PDP, Samuel Nwanosike, said that there was no war or any form of insecurity in Rivers state that would warrant a visit by the president based on insecurity, Punch reports.
However, Nwanosike said that the people of Rivers state would be happy if President Buhari would visit the state to apologise for the absence of any federal government project for about three years.
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Legit.ng gathered that Nwanosike made this remark in Port Harcourt on Friday, March 9, while receiving hundreds of defectors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP.
He claimed that President Buhari’s visit is only aimed at settling the internal crisis rocking the APC in the state.
He said: “We heard that President Muhammadu Buhari is visiting crises-rocked states and that he would visit Rivers State. We want to tell him that there is no crisis in Rivers state.
“The people of Rivers State are living happily in a peaceful state. We are not under any war. He should visit states in the North-East and Central. If he comes to the state, he is only coming to settle his party’s crisis.”
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Legit.ng previously reported that Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers declared that the proposed visit by President Buhari may be aimed at reviving the fortunes of the APC that he (Wike) claimed to be dead in the state.
A statement by Simeon Nwakaudu, his spokesperson, said Wike made the declaration when he flagged-off the reconstruction of Egbelu Street and the link roads in East-West in Rumuodara, Obio Akpor local government area on Thursday, March 8.
The Rivers governor said the federal government had not informed him of the president's visit and the reason behind his visit.
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Source: Legit.ng
