PDP condemns explosion in Church presided over by Wike’s father, restates call for investigation

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded a comprehensive investigation into the Saturday’s explosion that rocked the Christian Universal Church, Port Harcourt, River State capital, presided over by father of River state Governor, Nyesom Wike.

In a statement by the National Publicity National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party condemned the dastardly attack on the church, which it believed was well planned and targeted at causing harm to worshippers and persons close to Governor Wike, particularly, his father.

“The PDP is disturbed by the intentions of the attackers in detonating an explosive in a religious place particularly given the large number of persons that usually gather at such places.

“While we demand a thorough investigation into the attack as well as prosecution of all those involved, we hold, as a party, that the time has come, more than ever in our contemporary history, for the amendment of our extant laws to allow state governors to be in charge of the security of their respective states.

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“We restate our call for the amendment of relevant sections of the 1999 constitution (as emended) to allow states more control of security issues in their respective domains.

“Our party however commends the people of River state for their alertness, which led to the arrest of the attackers. Such courageous act by the people also points to the need to allow greater participation of communities and state governments in the handling of security issues in their environment,” PDP said.

The PDP commended Governor Wike for his efforts towards ensuring the security of his state despite the daunting challenges.

The party urged Governor Wike, the members of the Christian Universal Church and the people of Rivers State not to be deterred by the attack but to remain at alert especially at this critical time.