Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has finally approved the use of Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, for the presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to hold on February 11 this year.
Governor Wike explained that the stadium approval granted at no cost to the Presidential Campaign Council PCC of PDP in the state, would be accessible to the council 48 hours to the February 11th, 2023 presidential campaign. He disclosed this yesterday while speaking at the campaign flag-off rally by the Rivers State PDP Campaign Council in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state.
The governor said the Director-General of the PCC in Rivers State, Dr. Abiye Sekibo, has no right to want to take possession of the stadium one month before the date of the stipulated event.
He warned Sekibo not to provoke the Rivers State Government by desperately wanting to take possession of the state-owned stadium weeks to the campaign, or else the approval will be cancelled.
Wike, however, said by the approval he signed, Sekibo and his group can only begin to access the stadium two days before the event to verify and put in place what they required for their rally.
“Let me also use this opportunity to warn Abiye Sekibo, we have made approval for your presidential candidate to use Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, February 11th, you have no right to begin to go to the stadium now.
