A dynamite explosion rocked the secretariat of the Motion Nation’s Birthday celebration alongside the GRA axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers Environment capital on Monday morning.
It used to be accrued that the incident happened within the wee hours of Monday exactly round 1am.
The assailants allegedly threw ingredients believed to be dynamite into the development housing the secretariat shattering home windows and doorways, in addition to destroying alternative detail of the celebration.
This got here amidst speculations that the Environment Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, plans to exit together with his supporters to the APP following the alleged hijack of the Peoples Democratic Birthday celebration within the circumstance via his predecessor and estranged political godfather, Nyesom Wike.
Our correspondent who visited the scene stories that the ceiling and fittings within the development had been additionally destroyed era some celebration officers had been sighted discussing the improvement.
A celebration respectable who refused to divulge his identification to our reporter stated the incident used to be politically-motivated.
He said, “Sure, I’m a member of the APP. I used to be knowledgeable of the assault at about 3 am as of late.
“This is politically-motivated and there is no two ways about it. They know that the APP is a fast-growing political party in the state. We call on the police to investigate this and arrest the culprits.”
When contacted, the spokesperson for the circumstance police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, stated she used to be now not but conscious about the incident however promised to determine and get again to our correspondent.
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