JUST-IN: Hours Before LG Polls, Explosion Rocks APC Secretariat In Rivers

Suspected arsonists, in the early hours of Saturday, detonated explosives at the state secretariat of the main opposition political party in Rivers State, the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Port Harcourt.

Short video clips circulating on social media showed that the incident, suspected to be from dynamites, which damaged the main gate and the security house of the APC secretariat as well as as parts of an adjoining building.

In a short message service (SMS) sent out to journalists in the State, the caretaker committee chairman of the party, Chief Tony Okocha, accused supporters of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, for the attack on the secretariat.

Okocha wrote: “At the wee hours of Saturday, pro-Fubara civilian soldiers detonated dynamites at our office.

“The second attempt to set it ablaze was foiled as the security at the gate quickly put out the fire.”

Recall that the APC had before now announced that it would not participate in the local government elections holding this Saturday across the state.

Ironically, the ruling party in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Hon. Chukwuemeka Aaron, also said it would not participate in the election.