The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for amendment of the constitution following the attack on the Christian Universal Church, Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital run by father of River state Governor Nyesom Wike.
The party in a statement on Sunday said the attack was another reason why the constitution ought to be amended to allow governors control security in their states.
The statement by the party’s national publicity secretary Kola Ologbondiyan also demanded investigation into the attack on the church on Saturday.
“Our party condemns this dastardly attack on the church, which we believe was well planned and targeted to causing harm to worshippers and persons close to Governor Wike, particularly, his father.
“The PDP is disturbed by the intentions of the attackers in detonating an explosive in a religious place particularly given the large number of persons that usually gather at such places.
“While we demand for a thorough investigation into the attack as well as prosecution of all those involved, we hold, as a party, that the time has come, more than ever in our contemporary history, for the amendment of our extant laws to allow state governors to be in charge of the security of their respective states.
“We restate our call for the amendment of relevant sections of the 1999 constitution (as emended) to allow states more control of security issues in their respective domains,” the statement read.
The PDP commended Wike for his efforts in improving security in Rivers. It also praised the people for their “alertness which led to the arrest of the attackers.”
