…As suspected thugs vandalise home of Atiku’s ally
By: Felix Ikpotor
The Rivers State government has sealed the EUI Event Centre located along Sani Abacha link Road within the Government Reserved Area (GRA) phase 3, Port Harcourt.
State commissioner for Information and Communication, Chris Finebone who briefed journalists on decision of the State government to seal off the premises said the EUI Event Center had refused to heed several warnings from the Rivers State government instructing them not to allow their activities block the road without the requisite approval.
EUI Event Centre is reputed to the best and most expensive event centre in the city of Port Harcourt.
“The management of EUI Events Center had refused to refrain from blocking an entire stretch of part of Sani Abacha link Road, GRA phase 3 without government approval.
He declared that the Rivers State government has with effect from Wednesday 7th December 2022 sealed the EUI Events Center in GRA Phase 3, Port Harcourt.
Finebone said owners of event centres in the state fail to plan for the vehicles of their guests; how the vehicles will be parked and how other road users would use the same road.
Rather, he noted, they simply block the road and do not care about the consequences while also shunning candid advise given to them to curtail such public nuisance.
“Government cannot fold its hands and watch people exercise impunity to the highest level by appropriating property government built with tax payers money just to their own personal use and comfort. Government must protect all.”
Also briefing journalists, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Austen Ben Chioma explained that the decision followed by the Wednesday’s obstruction of free flow of traffic on the road by the management of the EUI Event Center.
This, he noted, was in variance to promises they had made to government that they would always make sure that their traffic wardens control traffic properly so that other road users are not punished.
“But to the greatest surprise of the Rivers State government, today’s event that is holding there, there was no road for road users to pass and road users were complaining bitterly.
“I got the information and I went there myself and I saw that the road was totally blocked. I told the owner of the place that this cannot be tolerated. And she said that she has done her best and she cannot kill herself.”
Port Harcourt Spectator reports that the sealing of the centre comes few hours after top supporters of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar such as Senator Lee Maeba, Dr Abiye Sekibo, Austin Opara and Tonye Cole, APC gubernatorial candidate amongst others attended the service of songs in honour of late Madam Tamunomiete Abite Tombomieye, mother of Engr. Adokiye Tombomieye.
Meanwhile, suspected thugs Thursday morning invaded and vandalized the home of Senator Lee Maeba in Port Harcourt.
Pictures from the scene of the incident showed that over six cars were damaged while Maeba’s elder brother was injured in the attack.
