Supporters of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have threatened to resort to self-help if the Nigerian Police and other security agencies fail to protect them from further attacks in Rivers State.
Recall that suspected thugs numbering over 200, had last Thursday attacked the Port Harcourt residence of the Chairman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in the State, Senator Lee Maeba, injuring his older brother and damaging four of his vehicles.
But, addressing newsmen in Port Harcourt shortly after a meeting with the local government coordinators of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, a former Minister of Transport, Dr. Abiye Sekibo, appealed to security agencies to live up to their promise.
Sekibo, who is also the Director of the Campaign Council in the State, said it is the duty of the government to protect the lives and property of the citizens.
He said: In the light of what happened in the house of the Chairman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers State, we called an emergency meeting of all coordinators of the Campaign Council in all the 23 local government areas.
Also, speaking with journalists, Director-General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in the State, Senator Lee Maeba, berated the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Chris Finebone, for claiming that the attack on his residence was stage-managed.
Maeba said: I am the one who was attacked yesterday (Thursday), and to my surprise, the Commissioner for Information has gone on air to say it was a melo-drama orchestrated here.
This is a man who is not known to our party; I dont know him. I have been a member of this party since 1998 and I dont know when he became a PDP member to be a PDP spokesman.
