BREAKING NEWS>> Explosion rocks APC secretariat in Rivers

THE All Progressives Congress in Okrika Local Government Area of
Rivers State came under attack in the early hours of Sunday just as
three members of the party were inflicted with machete cut injuries as
they prepared for a rally in Rumueme, Obio/Akpor Local Government
Area.
The APC Chairman in Okrika Local Government Area, Mr. Christian
Asifamak, who narrated how the ground floor of a three-storey building
housing the party secretariat was attacked, explained that some
unidentified person had thrown a dynamite in the secretariat, which
exploded at about 3.14am.
Asifamaka stated that the incident occurred in Abam Ama community,
adding that his office was worse hit as the entire wall was pulled
down by the explosion.
"In the early hours of the morning of Sunday January 11, 2015, some
unknown group of persons threw dynamite into the party secretariat of
our party, the All Progressives Congress in Abam Ama, Okrika Local
Government Area.
"The explosion which occurred at 3:14am exactly, destroyed our
secretariat, bringing down the walls. The damage was quite extensive
with the chairman's office being the worse hit.
"The All Progressives Congress in Okrika views this latest attack as a
deliberate provocation by our opponents, the People's Democratic Party
to draw the APC into a battle that would destabilize our beloved local
government area. This is unfortunate and the APC in Okrika would not
allow Okrika to become a hotbed of crises as the PDP would wish," he
said.
Asifamake pointed out that the PDP's resort to violence was as a
result of its knowledge that Okrika people had rejected them because
of their inability to attract any meaningful development to the LGA.
"Till now the East-West Road through which we access our community has
been left abandoned by a PDP-led Federal Government while Governor
Chibuike Amaechi who is not an Okrika man built a ring road in Okrika
and also rebuilt the portion of the Federal Government road that links
the LGA to the Port Harcourt refinery.
"We however wish to warn our brothers in the PDP to remember that the
land of Okrika has been known to defend itself and its people against
aggression and that any Okrika person who brings crisis to the land
answers for it," he added.
In Rumueme, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, three out of four
members of the APC, who were reported attacked with cutlasses, were
rushed to the Kesley Harrison Hospital in Port Harcourt.
The APC leader in Obio/Akpor and a House of Representatives candidate,
Chief Tony Okocha, explained that a chief from Warri, who had come to
Rumueme to be part of the APC rally on Sunday, was said to have been
hit several times.Okocha, who said he personally drove the three
injured members of the APC to the hospital, expressed worry over the
whereabouts of the chief.
He explained that members of the APC were almost exhausting their
patience over the continued attack by PDP members, warning that his
party may resort to self-help should the police fail to do the right
thing.

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