Opposition parties in the House of Representatives have accused supporters of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, of being responsible for the dynamite blast that struck the Rivers State Secretariat of the Action Peoples Party (APP) in Port Harcourt.
The incident, which took place around 2 am on Monday, was purportedly aimed at the National Chairman of the APP, Uche Nnadi, who narrowly evaded a fatal outcome.
In the images and clips of the event circulated by the coalition to back their assertions, they noted significant harm to different sections of the structure.
According to the statement from Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, the spokesperson for the opposition coalition and a Federal Legislator representing Ideato North South Federal Constituency in Imo State, the faction supporting Wike orchestrated the damage at the APP headquarters.
Ugochinyere blamed Wike’s supporters for orchestrating the assault, alleging their intentions to create chaos in Rivers State.
The spokesperson for the opposition coalition strongly denounced the bombing as a terrorist act carried out by radical political factions aiming to suppress opposing voices.
He highlighted this as the third occurrence of such bombings, believed to be instigated by individuals from Abuja seeking to disrupt the state’s stability.
Ugochinyere disclosed that the goal of the attack is to prevent the APP from succeeding in the forthcoming Rivers election, as the party has garnered popular support as the preferred choice of the people.
He stated, “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 claimed 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.”
 Minister, Nyesom Wike, of being responsible for the dynamite blast that struck the Rivers State Secretariat of the Action Peoples Party (APP) in Port Harcourt.){kind=link}