Skip to main content

Rivers State In Coded War: APC Accuse PDP Chieftains Over Alleged Adoption Of Godswill Dike ---- Calls For Urgent Release

 


ABDUCTION OF DR. GODSWILL DIKE BY DEPUTY SPEAKER, RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, EDISON EHIE, AND SAMUEL NWANOSIKE, CHAIRMAN IKWERRE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL

A CALL FOR HIS SAFETY AND URGENT RELEASE OF BOTH MAN AND INEC CERTIFIED ELECTION MATERIALS

Gentlemen of the Press, this Press Conference by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers State under the aegis of the State Publicity Secretary and Spokesman for the 2023 Campaign Council is called to intimate you of the continuation of the very unsavoury developments and acts of aggression against us by the People's Democratic Party in the State.

2. We have just been informed about the abduction of Dr. Godswill Dike, a lawyer, member of our party and brother of the State Legal Adviser, Barr. Azubuike Dike, this evening right inside the Rivers State Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Aba Road, Port Harcourt. Dr. Godswill Dike was invited to the Commission to take delivery of the certified true copies of the INEC documents that we applied for pursuant to the provisions of Section 74 of the Electoral Act 2022.

3. Acting apparently on a tip-off, Edison Ehie and Samuel Nwasonike, aided by the surge of the PDP mob outside the premises swooped on him inside the INEC office shortly after Dr. Godswill Dike signed for the documents and sped away with him to the State Assembly residential Quarters behind the INEC State Headquarters.

4. Our initial reaction was to establish contact with the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Jackson Alalibo Semikien, to report the criminal abduction of the aforementioned Dr. Dike. Curiously, the REC who has done nothing beyond a Press Release two days ago directing political parties to proceed to LGA Offices of the Commission for the election documents they may require, told our governorship candidate emphatically that there was nothing the Commission can do, having released the documents we applied for to Dr. Godswill Dike.

5. Contacts have also been made with the Deputy Speaker who assured his caller that Dr. Godswill Dike would return safe but the materials they took from him should be forgotten.

6. Calls made by our governorship candidate to the military also yielded no fruit with the hierarchy stating that until the military receive invitation from the Police they cannot be involved in a purely civil operation.

7. In the circumstance, we are left with no option but call on the Nigeria Police and other security agencies to immediately go after the Deputy Speaker, Edison Ehie, and the Ikwerre Council Chairman, Samuel Nwanosike to safeguard the life of Dr. Godswill Dike and retrieve our election materials from his abductors.

8. You will recall that the APC has been inundated with all sorts of attacks, arrests and other illegal actions by the PDP in Rivers State to obstruct our quest for justice at the Elections Petitions Tribunal as allowed by law. From the arrest of our lawyers in a Hotel and carting away of our party's copies of elections materials, laying siege on the INEC State Headquarters to physically assaulting our governorship candidate, Arc. Tonye Cole, Mni who was at the same INEC State Headquarters last Monday invitation by the REC to the attack on our State Secretariat here where flags were pulled down and vehicles were destroyed at will, the ruling party has conducted itself with grave impunity since the rape of the rights of Rivers people and the electorate in the State to freely elect their Governor and representatives at both the National and State levels.

9. Nothing could have emboldened the kidnap of Dr. Godswill Dike this evening shortly after PDP members who had been camped at INEC invaded the Complex than the statement by Governor Nyesom Wike endorsing the illegal obstruction of opposition parties seeking to access the Commission's Headquarters ahead of filing their petitions. 

10. We have been subjected to several acts of provocation by the PDP yet have maintained equanimity of spirit to keep the peace in our State. Yet, our opponents are not about to allow the peace reign.

11. Consequently, we call on the President and Commander-in-Chief to rise to the occasion by calling the Governor of Rivers State to order and rescue our dear State from the anarchists who are Hell bent on self-perpetuation in power or destruction of Rivers State where their undemocratic plot fails. Up until now, we have done our bit as a law-abiding party as the rest of the nation has taken notice. The APC is asking that Governor Nyesom Wike and the PDP be held responsible for any breakdown of law and order in Rivers State.

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.


DARLINGTON NWAUJU
State Publicity Secretary
Rivers APC


SOGBEYE C. ELI
Spokesman, Rivers APC 2023 Campaign Council

April 6, 2023.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

RE: REPLY TO ELEM-KALABARI COUNCIL'S PRESS RELEASE

SPONSORED  FROM: THE PEOPLE OF DABIRA, COMMUNITY BILLE KINGDOM. DATE: JANUARY 23, 2025 We, the people of Dabira community, hereby submit this formal reply in response to the Ijaw National Congress (I.N.C) press release issued by the Elem-Kalabari Council of Chiefs on January 23, 2025. In response to the claims made by the Elem-Kalabari community, we provide the following perspectives based on territorial rights, historical ownership, and the law. 1. TERRITORIAL CLAIMS AND ENCROACHMENT  We categorically reject the assertion by the Elem-Ama Council that the Bille people’s claims of encroachment are "false alarms." The ongoing surveying activities in the Cawthorne Channel area, which have been identified as encroaching on Bille lands, are clear legal violations under customary and statutory law. According to established legal principles governing the ownership and use of land, including the Nigerian Land Use Act (1978), the rights of indigenous communities to their ancestral lan...

Bille People Appeal To Governor Fubara To Prevail On Alhaji Asari Dokubo To Stop Evasion Of Territory

 SPONSORED  The Bille Clan of the Ijaw National Congress, INC in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State has appealed to the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, to call the Amayanabo of Torusarama Piri, Alhaji Majaheed Asari Dokubo to order and stop his unlawful conduct of surveys aimed at establishing his territorial map with deliberate intention to Annex Bille Kingdom. The people also called on the Governor to direct Alhaji Majaheed Asari Dokubo to stop patrolling Bille Kingdom territories with all kinds of militant groups subject to his authority but stay within the circumference of his Torusarama Piri. Chairman Ijaw National Congress Bille Clan, Mr. Andrew Bala Kio, stated that the  Amayanabo of Torusarama of Elem kalabari does not have any authority to patrol around Bille Kingdom Territory or effect any survey pointing out that his activities which constitute a breach of peace and good neighbourliness if allowed to continue will increase the tension alr...

Rivers State Government Targets Reduction In Gender Based Violence

  By: Martha Igbiks  The Rivers State government has reaffirmed its dedication to tackling gender-based violence (GBV), aimed at reduce its prevalence between 5-10% . The State Commissioner for Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Honourable Ilamu Arugu, made this commitment during a meeting with the Heads of the subcommittee on GBV prevention in the State. The Commissioner expressed gratitude to the committee's Coordinator, Barr. Evelyn Asimiea Membere and her team for their selfless efforts and level of cooperation, emphasizing that their work is about protecting the people and ensuring their safety . "This is not about compensation; it's about protecting our people and their safety" he said.  "Our ministry will do everything humanly possible to ensure Rivers State is not left behind at curbing this menace.  "I have  his Excellency's mandate to treat this issue and will send my report to him based on my interface with you. Our aim is not only to meet Act...