Governor Nyesom Wike has approved the withdrawal of Senator Lee Maeba’s property in Port Harcourt over political differences.
The development is the latest by the governor in his efforts to frustrate the ambition of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and also clip the wings of those rooting for him in Rivers state.
Maeba is a staunch support for Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, whom the Rivers governor has been at daggers drawn with ahead of the 2023 elections.
The Rivers State government, through its Ministry of Land and Survey, in a letter dated September 20, informed Mr Maeba, a former senator, that the allocation for his plot in the affluent Old GRA of Port Harcourt, had been cancelled.
In a letter seen by Within Nigeria, the cancellation was signed on Wednesday by Ochiagha Onyebuchi, the acting director and head of the Acquisition, Valuation & Compensation department.
“I am directed to inform you that your Allocation at Plot 20A Golf Course Layout, Old GRA, Port Harcourt, has been cancelled as shown on the attached Rivers State Official Gazette No. 22 Vol. 58, dated 20th September 2022.
“Please accept the warm regards of the Permanent Secretary,” the letter read.
Wike has repeatedly said he would not work for Abubakar over some unresolved differences which sprouted after he failed to clinch the PDP presidential primary ticket. He emerged runner up to Abubakar at the primary.
Many party chieftains in Rivers who have ignored Wike to side with the PDP flag bearer have endured the brunt from the Rivers governor who continue to apply Draconian regulations to seize their properties.
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