Safety operatives in Rivers State, on Friday, foiled an try by males wearing police uniform to take over the workplace of the Rivers State Impartial Electoral Fee.
The incident reportedly occurred round 1 am on Friday (as we speak).
It was gathered that the miscreants tried to scale via the gates and robust room of the fee to cart away delicate electoral supplies meant for the conduct of Saturday’s native authorities election within the state.
A supply who witnessed the incident however was not authorised to talk on the matter stated, “The transfer was botched when vigilant safety officers alerted principal officers of the fee and related authorities authorities, who instantly knowledgeable Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the event.”
The supply stated the governor led a staff of presidency officers, lawmakers from the Nationwide Meeting and State Home of Meeting, prime political stakeholders, and different leaders to the scene.
Talking to newsmen in entrance of the RSIEC Workplace on Aba Highway in Port Harcourt, Fubara condemned the incident and recommended the safety males for his or her alertness.
One other Authorities Home supply stated, “The governor stated native authorities election was the interior affairs of states, and suggested these making an attempt to truncate the method and trigger anarchy within the state to permit the federation unit conduct its affairs with out interference.”
In the meantime, our correspondent gathered that some authorities officers, stakeholders, and supporters are presently conserving vigil on the facility.
Efforts to achieve the state Police Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, proved abortive as her cellular was not connecting.
She had but to answer to a textual content message despatched to our reporter as of the time of submitting this report on Friday morning.
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