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Tension As Over 2000 PDP &APC Supporters Clash In Rivers
With the 2015 elections just barely three weeks away, the tension and anxiety has continued to mount as reports reaching us indicate that over 2000 supporters of The All Progressives Congress (APC) and The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed in Rivers state, today, March 10, 2015.
The reports have it that the clash would have been very deadly if not for the operatives of the Rivers State Police Command who were on board to avert the situation.
Over 2,000 supporters from both parties had surprisingly converged in the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) along the Port Harcourt-Aba Expressway, protesting an alleged bias by the commission.
While the PDP supporters accused the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Gecilla Khan, of planning to rig the forthcoming general election in favour of the APC, those of the APC were also alleging that Khan was doing the rigging to favour the PDP.
However, armed policemen, who were on the ground, had a hectic day trying to avoid the exchange of blows by supporters of both parties as some security operatives took positions in strategic points to avoid any form of invasion of the protesters into INEC’s office.
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The reports have it that the clash would have been very deadly if not for the operatives of the Rivers State Police Command who were on board to avert the situation.
Over 2,000 supporters from both parties had surprisingly converged in the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) along the Port Harcourt-Aba Expressway, protesting an alleged bias by the commission.
While the PDP supporters accused the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Gecilla Khan, of planning to rig the forthcoming general election in favour of the APC, those of the APC were also alleging that Khan was doing the rigging to favour the PDP.
However, armed policemen, who were on the ground, had a hectic day trying to avoid the exchange of blows by supporters of both parties as some security operatives took positions in strategic points to avoid any form of invasion of the protesters into INEC’s office.
Full Details on PUNCH
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