by Azubuike Azikiwe
The Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi wonders why a democratically elected President would send soldiers to forcefully take over a state-owned stadium.
Amaechi bemoaned the occupation of the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium by soldiers ahead of the presidential campaign of Jonathan in the state on Wednesday, January 28.
The governor, while speaking at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Sunday, January 25, stated that it was an anomaly for the president to deploy soldiers to take over the state-owned stadium, especially after an approval was denied by the state government.
Amaechi said: “Why is the President insisting on using the Adokiye Amiesamaka Stadium after we have told the PDP that work is currently going on there? It is unfortunate that the President is preaching one thing and doing another thing.”
“If the President is truly interested in the conduct of a free and fair election, why did he order armed soldiers to forcefully take over a state government-owned facility when it was not given to him or the PDP?
“Why should a President elected in a democratic election, serving under a democratic dispensation order soldiers to take over a state-owned stadium? In an ideal federation, the President is supposed to respect our position, essentially after we asked them to use the Liberation Stadium at Elekahia, in Port Harcourt City,” Amaechi added.
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