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The Rivers State Government on Tuesday said it had re-issued an approval for the Peoples Democratic Party to use the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in the state to host its presidential campaign rally.

The state governor, Nyesom Wike, at the PDP campaign rally in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area said the approval has been re-issued to the National Working Committee of the PDP after pleas from many persons.

On January 31, the Rivers State Government withdrew the initial approval of February 11 on the grounds that credible intelligence and recent development proved that the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation was working in collaboration with the All Progressives Congress in the state.

The state government said the PDP campaign was intending to share the approved facility with the APC, whose activities, they claimed are characterised by violence