The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council (PDP-PCC) has blamed Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike for the attacks on Wish FM 99.5 and Atlantic Television in Port Harcourt by unknown gunmen.
Mr Charles Aniagwu, spokesman for the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, condemned the incident in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday in Lagos.
While thanking God that no lives were lost in the attack, Aniagwu stated that the attack is detrimental to the growth of democracy and amounts to intimidation of the free press.
He said the attack raises tension ahead of the election and had become a growing trend in Rivers with the “attendant uncomplimentary remarks” by Governor Nyesom Wike.
“Governor Wike’s continuing language and diatribe is what has created the environment for these attacks, thus making him an accessory after the fact,” Aniagwu said.
“Also worrisome is the promulgation of plethora of obnoxious executive orders targeted at strangulating the political space and haunding those with opposing views,” he noted.
Aniagwu stated that the people of Rivers deserved better than the current state of insecurity orchestrated by state actors and urged security agencies to investigate the attacks in order to bring the perpetrators to justice.
“We are calling on the international observers, the international community and the international criminal court to please pay attention to what is happening in Rivers with a view to bringing the perpetrators of violence to justice,” the statement added.