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Policemen face-off
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Some women belonging to
the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State were on Monday morning teargassed
by policemen around the INEC headquarters on Aba Road after they tried to take
their grievances over Saturday’s presidential elections in the state to the
Commission’s office.
GRAPHITTI NEWS reports:
The women, donning
black attires and led by House of Representatives candidate for Ogu/Bolo Local
Government Area, Maureen Tamuno, came in several buses from various parts of
the state as early as 8:30am to pour out their frustrations.
Armoured tanks
barricaded the two lanes leading to INEC office while gun-wielding police and
military policemen in large numbers were positioned in strategic points in the
vicinity.
Monday’s protest by the
APC women followed Sunday’s version of the party’s youths from various parts of
the state to the Commission’s headquarters where gunshots were fired after the
protesters prevented an SUV believed to be conveying the PDP governorship candidate
in Rivers, Nyesom Wike, from leaving the area.
The APC youths also
attacked other vehicles moving in and out of the area.
Meanwhile Public
Relations Officer of the Commission in the state, Anthonia Nwobu, told our
correspondent on Monday morning that results of the presidential election from
all the local government areas would be made public at a press briefing by
12:00pm.
According to her, Returning
Officers from all the areas would hand the final results to the Resident
Electoral Commission, Gesila Khan, during the briefing.
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