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The faceoff between the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Part, Uche Secondus, and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, may have deepened over the choice of candidates for the forthcoming local government elections in the Andoni Local Governmrnt Area.
Secondus, who hails from Andoni LGA, was said to prefer the incumbent council chairman, Lawrence Paul, to continue in office, but he did not make the list of candidates cleared by the party.
Instead, one Erastus Awortu was cleared to run fly the party’s flag in Andoni for the local government election slated for April 17, 2021.
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Both the PDP chairman Prince Uche Secondus and former Rivers governor Celestine Omehia have lost out to Governor Wike, in fielding candidates for the 17 April local council election.
The emerging candidates are loyalists of Governor Nyesom Wike, as he plans his succession in 2023 and his political future.
Among the candidates is the former majority leader in the Rivers State House Assembly and a three-time member of Rivers House , Dr. Chidi Lloyd.
He is the PDP chairmanship candidate for Emohua local Government Council, to replace Tom Aliezi, who was impeached by his Councillors on Thursday.
Lloyd, until recently, was a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and an ally of Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, the Transportation Minister.
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Gunmen kill man 24hrs after LG chair’s disbandment of local vigilante
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Unidentified gunmen have killed a young man travelling on motorcycle around Ndele Community axis of the East-West road in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.
This was happening just about 24 hours after the Executive Chairman of LGA, Chief Tom Aliezi, disbanded the local vigilante groups, that was providing security communities of the LGA.
It was learned that the LG boss had stopped operations of the local vigilante OSPAC in all communities of the LGA, following alleged reports of unprofessionalism.
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February 3, 2021
Controversial OSPAC vigilance groups operating across the communities in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State have been dissolved by Executive chairman of the Council, Tom Aliezi with immediate effect.
The dissolution of the vigilance group was contained in an announcement personally signed by Aliezi last night.
According to him, the action followed, “several reports of the unlawful activities of some bad eggs within the Vigilante groups, which is a complete deviation from the aims and objectives behind the establishment of the community vigilante groups in the area.
“The operations of members of the different vigilante groups across the local government are hereby suspended indefinitely.
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The Rivers State Government and the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency have said they will investigate the gas pipeline explosion, which shattered the serenity of Oduoha and Elibrada communities in the Emohua Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday.
Sources told our correspondent that the rupture occurred around 3am, resulting in a leakage, which caused tremor, though there were conflicting claims by residents as to whether the incident took place in Oduoha or Elibrada.
The state Commissioner for Energy and Natural Resources, Dr Peter Medee, said officials of the ministry had been assigned to visit the location as the government would not rely on third party information.