JUST IN: Rivers APC condemns PDP for holding political event amidst nationwide mourning

Member of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in River state has condemned the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State to organize a political event on a day of national mourning.

In a statement issued by Spokesman, Chief Ogbonna Nwuke in Port Harcourt lamented that in spite of the sorrowful mood that the nation was thrown into as a result of the sudden death of the Chief of Army Staff and 10 other gallant officers, Governor Nyesom Wike allowed his team to engage in what it called “shameless and aimless politicking.”

Furthermore, the party described the decision to televise such an event as an act of great disrespect for the nation’s fallen heroes who were buried on Saturday.

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“The APC would have overlooked the charade which took place in the Rivers capital; an event which was broadcast on television; if the Wike administration did not create the impression, through a senseless jamboree, that the Rivers people are insensitive.

“We are truly shocked that Governor Nyesom Wike, a Head of Government who is a prime beneficiary of the effort that members of the Armed Forces are making to keep him and the good people of Rivers State safe, could go ahead with a pre-planned reception intended to receive a handful of “bread and butter” politicians.

“Across the country, events planned for the weekend were shifted in order to enable Nigerians to pay their last respect to our fallen heroes who died in an air crash in Kaduna.

“While the nation mourned the death of its officers, Wike and his colleagues in Rivers State took to the rostrum to show that politics is a more important reflection than appreciating the grief of heartbroken Nigerians.“We believe that the action of Governor Wike and the PDP was rather callous, undesirable, and painful.”