Lee Maeba: "My Position on Atiku that Attracted Attack on My Residence", PDP Bigwig Opens Up

Lee Maeba: "My Position on Atiku that Attracted Attack on My Residence", PDP Bigwig Opens Up

  • Lee Maeba, a high-ranking member of the PDP, has explained what led to hoodlums attacking his house on Thursday, December 8
  • Maeba who is the PDP presidential campaign council chairman said his only crimes is that he supports Atiku Abubakar
  • The politician also said before the attack, he got a call that some armed criminals were on their way to his house

Port Harcourt, Rivers - Lee Maeba, the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Presidential Campaign Council in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, has revealed why his residence was attacked by a gang of hoodlums.

In a publication by PM News, Maeba claimed that the attack was due to his alliance with Atiku Abubakar, the PDP's presidential candidate.

Lee, Atiku
Lee said his house was attacked because of his support for Atiku (Photo: Lee Maeba, Atiku Abubakar)
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The former senator claimed that the raid on his house came not long after he got a call that some persons were on their way to attack him.

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He said:

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“Not long after the phone call, the hoodlums shot sporadically at my gate, forcefully entered my residence, and willfully destroyed my cars.
My brother was beaten and sustained injuries which he is nursing at a hospital.”

Sources claim that after the ugly incident, operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) visited Maeba’s residence.

PDP crisis: Wike gets tough message from Atiku’s supporters in Rivers

Members of the presidential campaign council of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Rivers State have come together to declare that their support for Atiku remains absolute.

They made this declaration despite the harassment and threat of arrest and Executive Orders of Governor Nyesom Wike.

Director-General of the council in Rivers State, Dr. Abiye Sekibo made the declaration in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, November 30, at a meeting with the Atiku Democratic Movement and Concerned Ogoni PDP Elders Council in Port Harcourt.

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The former minister of transport urged the electorates in the state to ignore the dictatorial style of Governor Wike and support Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 elections.

He said:

“We shall not worship the gold image that Nebuchadnezzar has set up in Babylon, we are the Shedrack, Meshach, and Abednego of this time..."

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