PDP Slams Peterside Over Allegations

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has slammed the defeated governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last 2015 governorship election in the state, Dr. Dakuku Peterside over comments that the security in the state has deteriorated under the present administration of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.

The Party also condemned Peterside’s call for the resignation of Governor Wike, if he cannot tackle the security challenges in the state.

The PDP in a statement issued in Port Harcourt last Saturday by its state Publicity Secretary, Mr. Samuel Nwanosike said crime rate has reduced drastically following the support given to the security agencies in the state by Governor Nyesom Wike.

He said, the governor also went extra mile to conduct amnesty programme for repentant cultists as part of the measure to ensure security in the lives and property in the state.

“Governor Wike has supported Nigeria police force and other security agencies by providing security gadgets, including over 200,000 bullet-proof vests, security vans, among others to ensure the life and properties of Rivers people are highly protected.

“As if it was not enough, Governor Wike declared a successful amnesty programme as part of measures to curb crime rate, in the state”, Nwanosike explained.

The PDP spokesman hinted that Governor Wike has brought transparency into the government of the state, saying that Wike’s administration, despite the recession, had put almost all the abandoned roads by former Governor Rotimi Amaechi to use in the state.

He dismissed Peterside’s allegation that educational and health standards in the state have dwindled under the Wike administration, insisting that it was rather the Amaechi government that destroyed the gains recorded in those sectors before 2007.

He said Governor Wike only trying to manage the limited resources at his disposal to fix the education system.

Enoch Epelle