Supporters of Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike have been blamed for the dynamite explosion that rocked the Rivers State Secretariat of the Action Peoples Party (APP) in Port Harcourt.
The allegation was made by opposition parties in the House of Representatives.
The explosion, which occurred on Monday at around 2 am, allegedly targeted the National Chairman of APP, Uche Nnadi, who narrowly escaped death.
In the pictures and videos of the incident shared by the coalition to support their claims, damages to various parts of the building were observed.
According to a statement released by Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, spokesperson of the opposition coalition and Federal Lawmaker representing Ideato North South Federal Constituency of Imo State, the group backing Wike is responsible for the destruction of the APP headquarters. Ugochinyere accused the supporters of Wike of being the masterminds behind the attack, stating that they are desperate to make Rivers State ungovernable.
The opposition coalition spokesperson condemned the bombing as a terrorist act, fueled by political extremists who are determined to silence the opposition. He emphasized that this is the third instance of such bombings, allegedly introduced by elements from Abuja who want to destabilize the state.
Ugochinyere revealed that the motive behind the attack is to stop the APP from winning the upcoming Rivers election, as they have been chosen by the people as the party of choice.
He said, “Monday, around 2am, I received a call from the National Chairman of one of our country’s rising Opposition Parties, APP Action People’s Party, who told me that he had just narrowly escaped death with the bombing of their new State Party HQ in Rivers State. Mr. President, they will bomb down this democracy. Stop these men now before it’s too late.
“Political extremists and terrorists who are desperate to make Rivers State ungovernable bombed the party headquarters, which was just renovated ahead of the Rivers LGA Election, in which the APP is tipped to win by a landslide as the party of popular choice in Rivers State.
“As the Spokesperson of the Opposition Coalition CUPP/all elected officers both in parliament and executive Nationwide whose parties belong to the CUPP Alliance, I want to categorically state that the bombing of Opposition parties and their offices is now an extremely low level of madness that has been fueled by those who claim to be working for Ruling government.
“This is the 3rd time bombings have allegedly been introduced by these Abuja elements who want to make Rivers ungovernable, and this time, Mr President, you have to take a hard decision, as silence will mean that their devilish action is acceptable.
“Let the security agencies immediately fish out the perpetrators of these dastardly acts, which are acts of National terrorism capable of bombing our democracy if not checked. Act now, Mr President, as the history of your action or inaction will be recorded for you, and this growing criminal terrorism action can spiral into other hands and cause bigger harm to our democracy.
“We warned and raised the alarm when the Pro wike Abuja group attempted to bomb parts of Port Harcourt, but God made the bomb to first rip off the hands of the bomber, and up till now, your security agencies have not prosecuted or fished out the sponsors.”
He alleged that the camp of the former governor is “scared that APP has been chosen by Rivers People in view of the destruction of PDP and APC by these Abuja elements as the party of choice for the upcoming Rivers election, hence, the need to bring it down.”
