The political situation in Rivers State is getting messy by the day
as an improvised explosive device was thrown at the Administrative Block
of the Office of the Deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru, in the early hours of
today, causing a minimal damage to the building.
The Deputy Governor was unhurt in the explosion.
There
has not been any official statement yet but Mr. Godswill Jumbo, the
Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor confirmed that an incident like
that happened, adding that he would issue a statement later.
P.M.NEWS
sources at the Government House assured that an official statement will
be issued after Governor Chibuike Amaechi had inspected the scene.
Phone calls to Ahmad Muhammad, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, for the state, were not answered.
Facts
are also emerging that the fire that engulfed the old section of the
Mile One Rumuoji Market today may have been caused by an explosive
device thrown into the stores in the market.
Mrs. Ibim Semenitari,
the state Commissioner of Information and Communications, said that
arson was not ruled out in the burning of the market as explosions were
heard in some parts of the state capital the previous night.
She said explosives might have been thrown into the market.
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