The All Progressives Congress (APC),
governorship candidate in Rivers State, Dr.
Dakuku Adol Peterside, has called off his planned
campaign tour of Ogu/Bolo local government
area billed for Wednesday. 18th February, 2015.
Dr. Peterside was attacked on Tuesday, 17th
February, 2015 by heavily-armed gunmen
believed to have been led by Mr. Evans Bipi, a
personal assistant to Mrs. Patience Jonathan,
wife of Nigeria’s President.
Not less than two persons, including a police
man, have been confirmed dead and their bodies
deposited in mortuaries. Dr. Petertside has since
visited the hospitals, including the Braithwaite
Specialist Hospital, Port Harcourt where he broke
down in tears.
In a statement by Ibim Semenitari, Director of
Communications, Greater Together Campaign
Organisation, the decision to cancel the
Wednesday rally was in honour of the dead. “The
decision to call-off the Ogu/Bolo campaign by Dr.
Dakuku Peterside, the APC Governorship
candidate, was in honour of those killed by the
gunmen who attacked the APC campaign on
Tuesday in Okrika. Dr. Peterside is grieved over
the losses and has sympathised with the families
of those killed while wishing the injured quick
recovery,” the statement said.
The statement further explained that Dr.
Peterside and the APC stood firmly by the non-
violence peace accord signed by political parties
in Rivers State brokered by the Embassy of the
United States of America in Nigeria.
“Despite this deliberate, well-co-ordinated attack
on the APC governorship candidate and APC
supporters, the candidate and party stand firm to
the spirit and letter of the Non-violence Peace
Accord brokered by the American Embassy in
Nigeria.
“The Greater Together Campaign Organisation
condemns the attack and disruption of the APC
campaign in Okrika, while commiserating with
families that lost their loved ones and
breadwinners. That is the tale of woe the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has imposed on
Okrika people, which is unacceptable and must
be broken through the peoples’ collective
resilience”, Semenitari added.