Atiku unrepentant enemy of Rivers, Nigeria - Rivers PDP

• Published date: 02 February 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The Rivers chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council has said the PDP's presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has proved in words and deeds to be an unrepentant enemy of Rivers and Nigeria.

The party hailed the decision of Governor Nyesom Wike to deny the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation the use of the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, for Atiku's rally scheduled in Rivers for February 11.

The Rivers PDP Campaign Council in a statement on Thursday by its Director of Publicity and Communications, Ogbonna Nwuke, said the Rivers people would not collude with persons, who did not share their aspiration for a stable and better society.

Nwuke said: 'Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is proving by the day, through words and deeds, to be an unrepentant enemy, not just of ordinary Nigerians, but also of the Rivers people.

'At a time that Rivers people of all walks of life are struggling with great difficulty to obtain scarce funds from banks to buy food for their families to eat, when the CBN is responding to the cries of ordinary Nigerians and the National Assembly over its currency swap policy, Atiku whose only interest is to be a Nigerian President is urging the apex bank not to bend to the will of the people.

'How mean and out of tune can this man who wants power at all costs be? His latest call on the CBN not to listen to public opinion proves beyond reasonable doubt that all that Atiku has, all that he feels for the Nigerian people is contempt.

'Most vehicle owners in this State and others across Nigeria are parking their motor cars because they do not have money to access petroleum products. They are victims of an evil cabal which does not trust in the wellbeing of the nation and its people.

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'Nigerians are not puns on a chessboard. They are humans who feel pain, people who have aspirations of their own and rights that must be protected by the Nigerian State.'

Nwuke said they were shocked that in obtaining permission to use the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, those who ought to appreciate the kind gesture of the governor were conniving with a violent faction of the APC.

He said: 'The Almighty God will continue to expose all who hate Rivers State. This...