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Political thugs raze another LG secretariat in Rivers

Suspected hoodlums have set ablaze the newly built council secretariat at Isiokpo, in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of River State.

 

Channels Television broke the news on Monday, after which videos circulating on social media showed footages of what was said to be the administrative building on fire.

 

Police authorities have not commented on the incident and the extent of damage is still unclear.

 

Earlier, some sections of the Eleme council secretariat had similarly been set ablaze.

 

The fire incidents happened barely two days after the local government elections in the State.

 

Channels Television had quoted former Ambassador Oji Ngofa, who hails from Eleme, as saying that the newly elected chairman of the council, Brain Gokpa, arrived at the secretariat accompanied by his councilors and supporters.

 

This followed the withdrawal of the police personnel securing the 23 council secretariats on the orders of the Commissioner of Police.

 

According to him, the LG chair, however, discovered that a few of the buildings in the council had been set ablaze.

 

The new council chairman, his councilors, and supporters have vowed to take over the secretariat come what may.

 

In Emohua council, some unknown individuals have barricaded the entrance to the secretariat. They’re resisting the resumption of the new Chairman, David Omereju. In a social media video, they can be heard chanting: “No Wike, No Rivers State!!”

 

So far, no arrests have been made and the police are yet to release any statement on the situation. There is a palpable fear of a potential outbreak of violence in some councils of the State.

 

The incident adds to the list of issues that have propped up since Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s swearing-in of the new chairmen on Sunday.

 

Saturday’s election was filled with drama, intrigues, and twists in the lead-up. There were also explosions, protests, and gunshots during that period, and on the day Rivers residents went to the polls.

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