The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has given approval to the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council to use the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium for campaign of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the State.
He disclosed this on Friday in Oyigbo Local Government Area during the Rivers State PDP campaign for the 2023 polls.
Wike said the approval granted at no cost to the PCC, adding that access to the stadium by the PDP PCC would be 48 hours to the February 11, 2023 presidential campaign.
He said the Director-General of the PDP PCC in Rivers State, Abiye Sekibo, has no right to want to take possession of the stadium one month before the date of the event.
He warned Sekibo not to provoke the Rivers State Government by desperately wanting to take possession of the state-owned stadium weeks to the campaign or else the approval would be cancelled.
He said: “Let me also use this opportunity to warn Abiye Sekibo.
“We have made approval for your presidential candidate to use Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, February 11.
“You have no right to begin to go to the stadium now.
“We cannot give you access to the stadium now.
“We can only give you access to the stadium two days to the occasion for you to prepare.
“Nobody gave you one month.
“So, if you dare it again to go and force yourself into the stadium, I will cancel the approval with immediate effect.
“Dare it again, I will cancel it.
“Heaven will not fall.
“In fact, if heaven falls now, we will be happy that it was in our time heaven came down.
“I know you are not ready to do that rally.
“You are only looking for excuse.
“But you must do it.
“I know you are going to import people.
“No problems.
“Go and import.
“We have given you the stadium.”