Ripples
of the controversy following last Saturday’s congresses that elected the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) State House of Assembly candidates continued
Wednesday as hell was let loose at the National Secretariat of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) when protesters from the Rivers State chapter of the
party stormed the Wadata Plaza national secretariat of the party in protest
against perceived injustice meted out to them during the primaries.
The protesters who were mostly aggrieved aspirants and militants started arriving the secretariat as early as 7;30am and had taken over the entire premises even before the arrival of secretariat staff.
The protesters who were mostly aggrieved aspirants and militants started arriving the secretariat as early as 7;30am and had taken over the entire premises even before the arrival of secretariat staff.
The
protestants carrying various placards with inscription, "Wike can't be our
Governor"; "We want clearance to contest 2015 elections";
"Give us back our money"; "We are tired of two man state
exco"; "Felix Obuh must go"; "Wike has bought the soul of
River PDP" and "Criminals have been cleared to be PDP aspirants in
River State" among others were displayed by the protesters who clustered
and sang in front of the party secretariat.
The
police looked on as there was the belief that some of the militants were
carrying guns and other dangerous weapons.
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