Rivers of rage: Day Wike, Fubara loyalists battled, razed secretariats

Oct. 13, 2024 - Punch Newspapers

It was therefore not surprising that the LG election of October 5 was marred by violence. Explaining further what happened about 30 minutes after the first incident, the police said the second explosion occurred at the Obio/Akpor council secretariat.

But the violence deteriorated when the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, ordered the Rivers State Police Command to unseal the 23 LG secretariats 24 hours after Fubara swore in the elected council chairman. The office of the Ikwerre LG chairman was razed with property destroyed.

In Oyigbo LGA, the situation was different as the elected LG chairman mobilised vigilantes and hunters to guard the council secretariats which were indeed workers and kept the assailants at bay...