Sunday 29 March 2015
Tension heightens between Rivers APC protesters, police
Policemen fired gunshots at INEC office on Aba
Road, Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State,
around on Sunday as the protest against
Saturday’s elections in the state began to
heightened.
The incident happened after APC supporters
surrounded an SUV in front of the Commission’s
office, believed to have the PDP governorship
candidate in the state, Nyesom Wike, inside it.
After appealing in vain to the APC supporters to
clear the way, the SUV forced its way through the
angry mob, who stoned and hit it the various
objects.
They attacked several vehicles moving in and out
of the area carrying electoral materials.
More tanks and heavily-armed security officers
have been moved into the area.
Tension remains high in the area.
INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega, just announced
that the commission’s office in Port Harcourt had
been set on fire.
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