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Political thugs, suspected to be working for the
Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State,
invaded the venue of the All Progressives
Congress governorship rally in Okrika Local
Government Area in early hours of Saturday,
destroying equipment being st up for the
exercise.
The armed youths, according to the APC
Chairman in Okrika, Mr. Christian Asifamaka,
shot sporadically at about 3.45am at the venue
of the party’s governorship campaign.
Asifamaka said in a statement that the
hoodlums threw dynamites into the National
School Field venue of the rally in Okrika,
destroyed the podium already set up for the
programme and other facilities in the arena.
Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame
Patience, hails from Okrika.
A statement by Asifamaka on Saturday, read, “In
the wee hours of the morning of Saturday 24,
2015 at about 3.45am, some armed youths
started shooting at the venue of the APC
governorship rally National School Field Okrika.
“Those setting up the sound system and the
podium were forced to flee for their lives.
“At about 4am, they started shooting explosives
into the arena and destroyed the podium, sound
equipment and some canopies. The boys came in
a white Hiace bus and allegedly came in from
Igbiri, a community that shares borders with
Mrs. Jonathan’s Oba Ama community.”
The governorship rally of the Peoples Democratic
Party at the same venue on Thursday.
Rivers State Commissioner for Information and
Communication, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said more
youths had invaded the venue of the APC
governorship rally for the second time and
continued with the destruction of equipment
mounted at the place for the exercise,
unchallenged.
Semenitari explained that policemen, who were
with Armoured Personnel Carrier drove off,
adding that APC supporters were currently under
siege in Okrika.
“Some more boys came and started destroying
things at the venue in Okrika again. The police,
who were coming with APC (Armoured Personnel
Carrier), drove off. We are without any security
and are under siege in Okrika. This is our
situation as of now,” she added.