By Ifunanya Obeme-Ndukwe The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the March 18, 2023 election in Rivers State,...
By Ifunanya
Obeme-Ndukwe
The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress
in the March 18, 2023 election in Rivers State, Patrick Tonye-Cole, has been
reportedly attacked by members of the Peoples Democratic Party at the state
head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Tonye-Cole was said to have been attacked alongside the
state Chairman of APC, Emeka Beke and some party members, who accompanied them
to INEC head office on Aba road, GRA junction, Port Harcourt.
Reports claimed protesters blocked the APC guber candidate
and the APC state Chairman when they arrived at the INEC state office, stopping
them from gaining access to the building.
Sources said claimed Tonye-Cole was assaulted with stones
and other dangerous objects.
The reports said it took the intervention of some security
agencies attached to the two APC leaders to save them, however, a vehicle in
their convoy was vandalized by the protesters, followed by sporadic shooting.
There is reported tension and fear in the area following the
violent incident while economic activities have been grounded.
DAILY POST reports that security operatives have been
detailed to the area while surveillance around the INEC office has been beefed.
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