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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has given a reason the campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was cancelled in his state.<\/p>\n

Recall that the rally was scheduled for Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Wike said that Atiku\u2019s rally in Rivers was annulled because they lacked the numbers to fill the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium he approved for the event.<\/p>\n

The governor also described the claim by the PDP Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) that the campaign was put off because of fear of bloodshed as untrue.<\/p>\n

He spoke at Nyemoni Secondary School field in Abonnema town, the venue of the PDP campaign for Akuku-Toru Local Government Area, on Monday.<\/p>\n

Wike said, \u201cI gave them the stadium, they know they\u2019ve no capacity to fill the stadium, they\u2019re looking for excuses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey went and forced themselves to use government land at Trans Amadi. I said no, that wasn\u2019t where I gave you. Where I gave you was Adokiye Amiesimaka, go and fill that place.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cThey now said no, we won\u2019t go there again. We don\u2019t want people to die. Who is killing who? Is anybody killing anybody? I said don\u2019t pay money, I\u2019ll buy the diesel for you. I\u2019ll do everything for you. Mobilise, go, and fill that stadium. They ran away.\u201d<\/p>\n

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