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PDP supporters reject Rivers LG election, protest Saturday’s exercise Politics

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PDP supporters reject Rivers LG election, protest Saturday’s exercise Politics

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Hundreds of supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, on Thursday, protested against next Saturday’s local government election in the state.

The Rivers PDP supporters stormed the head office of the Department of State Services (DSS) and Police Headquarters in Rivers to register their grievances against the conduct of next Saturday’s council poll.

They marched through Port Harcourt Aba road office of PDP, stopped at the Forces Avenue office of DSS from where they proceeded to the Moscow road Headquarters of the Nigeria Police.

The protesters carried placards with inscriptions such as “RSIEC obey court order”, “Rivers State is not lawless”, “Say no to impunity,”.

They expressed anger that despite court order and judgement, the State electoral body has insisted to go ahead with the conduct of the election.

One of the protesters, John Amadi, told newsmen at the DSS office that they were there to inform the security agency on the need to obey court order which barred them and the police from providing security during next Saturday’s council poll in the state.

He said, “We are members of PDP and are here at DSS office to protest against the Saturday’s local government area election in Rivers State. There was a court judgement barring both the DSS and Police from providing security during the election. We want to let them know that PDP will not participate in the election and that the security agencies should equally obey the court order by not providing security for the election.”

Officials of both DSS and Police who received the protesters, advised them to maintain peace and refrain from taking laws into their hands.

Meanwhile, uncertainty has enveloped Saturday’s local government elections in the state.

While RSIEC has insisted on conducting the election, both APC and PDP have vowed not to participate in the exercise.

The APC in the state faction led by Chief Tony Okocha, said on Wednesday that the party would not allow the election to hold.

Okocha, who faulted Governor Similanayi Fubara’s insistence on going ahead with the election, said he would challenge the Governor’s impunity in disobeying court orders.

He said the local government election law states that a 90-day period should be given for all political parties that want to participate in an election to prepare for the election.

Okocha said the Governor violated the law by scheduling election within 30 days.

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