The Rivers State government has sealed the campaign office of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the State.
The office located in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital was sealed off in the early hours of Friday.
The Rivers State PDP Presidential Campaign Council said the closure was on the orders of the Rivers State government, but failed to give any further explanations.
Governor Nyesom Wike, few weeks ago, signed Executive Order 22, which restricted political parties and their candidates from siting political campaign offices in residential areas without approval from the government.
However, the media team of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in the State said it had applied for approval from the government, was yet to receive any feedback for several weeks.
It condemned the closure of the campaign office “because it rubs off on our fundamental right to free expression of interest.
“This egregious move by the Rivers State Government, seen in the prism of politics, tends to militarise our democracy and renders our dear state politically recessive when juxtaposed with other states in the country,” it added.
The closure of Atiku’s campaign office comes amidst the crisis rocking the PDP, in the aftermath of the party’s primary election, which threw up the former vice president as presidential candidate.