Rivers PDP raises alarm over arrest of members by SARS operatives

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Bro. Felix Obuah, has expressed fears that the threat of mass arrest of its members in the State has been made real with the illegal and secret arrest of the former Caretaker Committee Chairman of Khana Local Government Area, Hon. Sunny Bekanwa.
The party said information available to it also revealed that former Governor Rotimi Amaechi has commissioned one Anosike from Omerelu with officers of SARS to trail and ensure that the Publicity Secretary of the PDP and Caretaker Committee Chairman of Ikwerre LGA, Hon. Samuel Nwanosike, is arrested.
A statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the State PDP Chairman, Jerry Needam, said Bekanwa and other members of the party still at large were arrested on Thursday by men of the State Anti-Robbery Squad.
Obuah said the PDP believes that the arrest of the party chiefs by operatives of the SARS was on the orders of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Rivers South East, Magnus Abe.
The State PDP Chairman said the party condemns the arrest of its members and called on Ogonis and Rivers State people at large to see the desperation of Amaechi, who addressed a rally of APC supporters at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium on Thursday, making statements that would incite the youths into violence.
The PDP also called on the families of those arrested by men of the SARS not to be deterred as the party is on top of the situation.
BObuah said the arrest and intimidation were gimmicks tended to cow PDP supporters into panic and urged them to remain strong, committed and go all out on Saturday and cast their votes for all PDP candidates.