Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state has blamed the violence
in Okrika, Rivers state on the wife of the president, Patience Jonathan while
lamenting the death of a policeman at the rally ground.
Amaechi blamed Dame Patience Jonathan for the
attack on members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in
Okrika and also for disrupting their campaign in Okrika Local Government area.
“Clearly the wife of the president does not
want APC to campaign in her home, Okrika,” Amaechi said.
Amaechi who spoke to journalists in Abuja after
a meeting of APC leaders at the Shehu Yar’Adua centre condemned the act of
violence and expressed disappointment over the inability of law enforcement
agents’ to ensure a hitch free campaign for the APC, despite having earlier
assured the party of security and gave approval for the campaign to hold.
“Again, as usual, the wife of the president
won’t allow the APC hold rally in that place (Okrika). The wife of the president
and the governorship candidate of Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP in Rivers
again organized thugs to disrupt APC rally. As usual, the police couldn’t
protect us, we are talking about over 200 policemen. I asked the commissioner
of police and he said they have over 200 policemen there.
“Yet, three explosions and then they opened
fire on members of APC. The Channels TV reporter I hear, is injured, stabbed,
and members of APC injured,” he said.
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