Jonathan’s visit: PDP plans to forcefully use stadium – Rivers Government

Rivers State government has raised the alarm over alleged plans by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to break into the state owned Adokiye Amiesimaka Sports Complex to hold its Rivers State Presidential Rally.

Ibim Seminetari, Commissioner for Information in a statement yesterday said, “At a different time and under different circumstances, the Rivers State Government would have ignored the PDP’s ranting.

“But with the party’s penchant for violence and its recent bombings of people and property all over the state, it is pertinent that the Rivers State Government raises this alert and sounds a note of warning to the PDP that the Rivers State Government will not trifle with its responsibility to guarantee the safety of lives and property irrespective of whom is affected.”

She noted that the matter of the Adokiye Amiesimaka sports complex is a simple one, saying that, “the complex is still under construction. As a work site, it is an unsafe environment for use at this time.

“The PDP makes reference to the fact that the APC had held its rally at the same venue. What they failed to mention is that the contractor was moved out of site during the time the APC rally held and remobilized to site right after that rally.

“With less than five months to go to the end of its tenure, the Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi administration is working on ensuring the completion of all its projects before the hand over date of May 29th. With that being the case, the River State Government cannot move its contractors out of site at this time.

“Unlike the PDP that has consistently refused the APC the use of stadia and other facilities in Abuja and other states where it is in control, the Rivers State Government has magnanimously offered the PDP the use of the Liberation Stadium Elekahia, which is also a State facility,” the commissioner added.

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