Lee Maeba is the chairman of the PDP presidential campaign council for Rivers State, a position that has pitted him against the state governor, Nyesom Wike.
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
Suspected thugs broke into the Port Harcourt residence of Senator Lee Maeba, a strong ally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, destroying some vehicles and inflicting bodily injury on his elder brother.
Lee Maeba is the chairman of the PDP presidential campaign council for Rivers State, a position that has pitted him against the state governor, Nyesom Wike.
Wike and four governors of the PDP known as G-5 have been at loggerheads with Atiku over the national chairmanship slot of the party occupied by Iyorchia Ayu, a northerner. They insist that Ayu must resign to pave way for a southerner to take the job. Atiku has ignored their protestation.
Recall that the certificate of occupancy to a plot of land Lee Maeba received from the Rivers State government was revoked by Wike early in November.
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Also recall that in November, a supporter of Atiku in Rivers State was violently attacked with a machete while pasting campaign posters bearing Atiku’s image. This was later followed by a local government chairman in Rivers State filmed leading thugs to remove all campaign posters of Atiku.
According to reporting by Daily Trust, an eyewitness said the thugs that attacked Lee Maeba’s home were armed with dangerous weapons. He said they attacked the elder brother of Meaba who resides in the building.