Rivers Crisis: You Are The One Guilty of Impunity, PDP Accuses APC

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State chapter has faulted the threat by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to block all proposals by the presidency through its members in the National Assembly for allegedly supporting lawlessness and impunity in Rivers State.

Dismissing the party's position at its Eight Interim National Executive Committee Meeting in Abuja as unnecessary, hollow and mischievous, the PDP in a statement signed by the Special Adviser, Media to the State Chairman, Jerry Needam noted that the APC's threat in itself is an act of lawlessness, unpatriotism and impunity aimed at grounding the lawmaking machinery of government.

The statement further accuses the APC as the one which official policy, and leadership style is anchored on disrespect for the rule of law and impunity, wondering why the APC leadership is not disturbed by the crisis rocking the state chapters of the party other than the situation in Rivers State if not for their pecuniary interests.

The PDP also expresses shock that Gov Amaechi who unilaterally ordered for the arrest of the members of a faction of the party in 2010 and charged them for cultism, closed down the office of Dr Abiye Sekibo, his opponent for the office of the Governor on the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in 2011, refused to abide by court judgement in respect of the illegal sack of the council chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government and the replacement of the G. U. Ake leadership in the state could be alleging acts of lawlessness and impunity when that is his stock in trade.

In all this, the PDP wants Senator Bola Tinubu and his colleagues to explain why they kept sealed lips or refused to voice out or accuse the police who they only see as an enemy only when they act contrary to their wish.

“We have always known and never kept mum that the APC is a party founded on strife and crisis and has continued to advocate and support acts capable of creating disaffection, disharmony and commotion in the polity.

We therefore implore all well meaning Nigerians especially the members of National Assembly to disregard and shun any moves aimed at truncating our nascent democracy such as setting the NASS against the presidency being plotted by the APC”, the PDP warned.

Signed:

Jerry Needam
SA, on Media to
State PDP Chairman