Rivers PDP Secretariat on fire, less than 24 hours after anti-Wike rally

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Secretariat
along Port Harcourt/Aba Expressway in Port
Harcourt, has been set on fire in the early hours of
today by unknown persons after tying up the
security guards on duty.
Confirming the fire incident, Jerry Needam, the
Special Adviser to Felix Obuah, Chairman of PDP,on
Media said early arrival of state fire service helped
to put out the fire.
Also confirming the fire incident, Obuah said that
“An attempt to burn the party secretariat has being
carried out by desperate politicians who want the
party to postpone the party’s ward and local
Government Congresses scheduled to take place
tomorrow, Saturday. They have failed because
arrangements have concluded and we are going
ahead. Nobody can stop it. PDP will come tops”.
“We have watching on news of some desperate
politicians threatening the party.” Obuah said.
The fire incident is happening less than 24 hours
after 15 governorship aspirants held a mega rally
insisting on rotation of power in the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, at the Liberation Stadium.
Many of the aspirants urged President Goodluck
Jonathan and national leadership to intervene in
crisis rocking the state branch of the party allegedly
hijacked by the Nyesom Wike, former Minister for
Education who also has ambition to be governor.
At the time of this report, fire fighters were at scene
to put out the fire.