Removal Of PDP Flags Off The Streets: An Invitation To Anarchy –PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State Chapter, notes with discontentment, the on-going removal and destruction of its flags, pin-ups, billboards and posters on the streets, roads and poles in the State Capital, Port Harcourt, by the Rivers State government, on the order of Gov. Rotimi Amaechi, saying such undertaking is undemocratic, despotic and an invitation to anarchy in the State.

The PDP feels irked by the fact that the All Progressives Congress government in the State has consistently used the resources of government and people of the State to oppress perceived political opponents in disregard of social justice and fundamental rights of the citizens (corporate and individuals).

The PDP believes that this latest action of the Rivers State Government is a deliberate onslaught against it, aimed at silencing the party, by removing one of the several evidences of its existence, noting however that it will ultimately resist, and can never be cowed by the anarchical tendencies of the Amaechi led government in the State.

Convinced that the presence of the flags on the streets poles in the capital city does not in anyway infringe on the rights of the Rivers State government or the APC, the PDP unequivocally urges the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, to replace the unjustly removed and destroyed PDP items. Otherwise, the Party will consider taking appropriate actions in its quest for justice, as it has been pushed to the wall.

It is a known fact that the Rivers State Government and none of its ministries or parastatals under its control has any genuine explanation for the callous and ill-conceived action they have taken, as the PDP and the public have been inundated with previous remarks and media reports indicating the Governor's discomfort with the hanging/pasting of the flags and banners on the poles and other public facilities in the State.

The PDP also uses this opportunity to appeal to all calming voices, well-meaning individuals and corporate bodies to urgently prevail on the Governor to halt the execution of such tyrannical programme of his government and to replace the party's Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials accordingly.

Signed:

Jerry Needam
Special Adviser, on Media to
State PDP Chairman, Bro. Felix Obuah
Monday, September 15, 2014