The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the Nyesom Wike government as a tyranny over the sealing of the party’s presidential campaign office in Rivers State by the state government.
The party in a statement accused the Nyesom Wike-led government of frustrating its presidential campaign activities in the state.
Governor Nyesom Wike sealed off the campaign secretariat of the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar located at No. 32 Onne Road, New GRA in Port Harcourt on Friday.
Explaining why it took the action, which was based on Executive Orders 21 and 22, the state government said the office was producing noisy political activities in residential areas without approval from the state authorities.
In its statement, however, the party said the written application sent to the state government seeking approval to use the office premise for its political activities had been ignored for months until the venue was sealed on Friday.
“The public is hereby informed that the sealed premises had no billboard or poster, since the approval had not been given, yet it was sealed off, a sign that the delay in the approval is premeditated and computed to cause this sort of unlawfulness,” the party’s statement read.
“We condemn this act because it rubs off on our fundamental right to free expression of interest. Furthermore, this egregious move by the Rivers State Government, seen in the prism of politics, tends to militarise our democracy and renders our dear state politically recessive when juxtaposed with other states in the country.”
It further advised the members of the party’s presidential campaign council (PCC) in Rivers State to seek legal redress according to the provisions of the constitution, which Wike is subject to.
“We urge our dear leaders in the state to challenge this illegality in a court of competent jurisdiction so that friction can disappear from our political space. The right to campaign for one’s preferred candidate is enshrined in the constitution of Nigeria, which is the grand norm from which every other law derives its power.
“Thus, every clash between the constitution and any other made law should be resolved in favour of the constitution. The Rivers State Government, we dare say, is subject to the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). It is our duty to remind Gov. Wike and his co-travellers that they, like everyone else, are subject to the laws of Nigeria.
“Meanwhile we charge the Rivers State PDP PCC, our dear leaders, to see to it that this unlawful disruption of campaign activities does not rattle their cage. They must continue to function as they always had prior to the existence of the secretariat.
“Tyranny will expire in our state. If the Nazi regime could die in Germany, then this facsimile of such will die even much faster to the glory of God and liberty of Rivers State.”
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