The Atiku/Okowa presidential campaign rally in Rivers State has been postponed, according to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The event had been originally scheduled for Saturday, February 11, 2023.
The PDP Presidential Campaign Council in the state apologized to party members and supporters for any hardships the rescheduled event may have caused them, in a statement released on Friday (today).
It was stated that the electioneering event has been moved from its original date to February 14, 2023.
The Campaign Council spokesperson, Dr. Leloonu Nwibubasa, did not specify if the venue had been altered or not, in the news release.
Nwibubasa, however, announced that the rally will take place at 9am on the new date and that information regarding the location will be made available to the general public as soon as feasible.
The PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Rivers State Chapter, issued a statement regretting the postponement and pleading with the public, PDP members, and supporters of Atiku/Okowa to be understanding of whatever inconveniences this change in schedule may bring about.
The PDP did not explain in its most recent news release why the rally in Rivers State had been postponed; nevertheless, the event might not be unrelated to the attempted killing of Abiye Sekibo, the Director-General of the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign council in Rivers.
The PDP chieftain was the target of an attempted assassination in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State.
Sekibo is said to have been attacked on Thursday night while traveling across the state.