Attacks On Opposition: Rivers APC Calls For Redeployment Of Police Commissioner News Rivers
repeated attacks on opposition political parties and their candidates in the State by suspected political thugs.
Recall that suspected political thugs had on Tuesday morning attacked the venue of the flag-off of the APC governorship campaign rally at Opobo Town in Opobo/Nkoro local government area of the State and allegedly kidnapped the coordinator of the party’s Campaign Council in the area. LEADERSHIP observed that the ugly incident occured less than 24 hours after the campaign train of the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party , Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, was attacked near Akinima community in Ahoada-West local government area of the state on Monday.
Spokesman of the APC Governorship Campaign Council, Sogbeye Eli, in a statement made available to journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, called on both the Inspector-General of Police and National Security Adviser to enforce their commitments not to allow state governors suppress opposition political parties involved in campaign activities in the build-up to the 2023 general elections.
The statement reads: “The attack on the Rivers APC governorship campaign Rally grounds at Opobo this morning ahead of the arrival of Arc. Tonye Cole, Mni, the gubernatorial candidate, is yet another red flag to the boiling cauldron that the State political environment has become on the watch of Commissioner of Police, Okon Effiong Okon.
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