APC explosion

Police rules out explosion, political undertone …Blames incident on conflict over sharing of N200,000 venue fee …APC insists PDP masterminded alleged twin ...

“Our independent investigation shows that neither the current Chairman of Port Harcourt City LG nor his predecessor in office named by the APC was anywhere near the venue of the rally. The force has explained that no other political party came anywhere near the venue of the APC rally. “The Police in Rivers State has already issued a clarification. No amount of name calling can change the truth, intimidate the PDP or deceive the people. “These high crimes are happening against the promises of Commissioner of Police, CP, Okon Effiong Okon on assumption of duty October last year because the CP has not walked his talk. “The hoodlums who came ostensibly to harm Lucky, if they had met him, stabbed and left his relatives: Miss Veronica Wariboko (F) and Mrs Silver Patrick Noah (F) critically injured. A follow-up attack on the family house in the Diobu of Mr. The Deputy Commissioner, Operations, Police Area Commander Port Harcourt, O/C SIB and DPO Mile 1 Diobu, were on ground to intervene and restore peace and security at the venue. Their intention was to disrupt the Rally. The other faction that didn’t benefit from the sharing insisted the venue would not be used until they were given their share of the money. “Incidentally, he shared the money to only the Chiefs and members of his faction. SP Grace Iringe-koko, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Rivers Command, in preliminary report stated, “Before commencement of the rally, internal crisis within the community over which faction controls the Playing Ground/Town Hall reared its ugly head.

The reports claimed that the explosion must have been from an improvised explosive device IED or dynamite. But the state police command came up with the report ...

“Incidentally, he shared the money to only the Chiefs and members of his faction. The other faction that didn’t benefit from the sharing insisted that the hall would not be used, except and until they were given their share of the money. Thus, the fracas did not affect the APC rally, which ended peacefully. It was alleged that the CDC Chairman collected the sum of two hundred thousand naira (N200,000.00) from APC as payment for renting the playground/town hall. “The fracas was not between members of APC and any other political party but between the internal factions within the said community. “Incidentally, he shared the money to only the Chiefs and members of his faction”

PDP flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar has condemned a bomb attack on an All Progressives Congress campaign in Rivers State, noting it's a threat to Nigeria's ...

Elections are not a do-or-die affair but an opportunity to reinforce our belief in democracy through our leadership choices via adult suffrage,” the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate said late Thursday. I wish the injured a quick recovery. [Port Harcourt](https://www.legit.ng/tag/port-harcourt-news/), the Rivers state capital, has reversed the judgment of the federal high court that [disqualified all candidates of the All Progressives Congress](https://www.legit.ng/politics/1509719-breaking-jubilation-apc-court-final-verdict-pdp-suit-party-top-southern-state/) (APC) from taking part in the 2023 elections in the state. A federal high court sitting in Port Harcourt nullified the APC primaries in the state over the alleged exclusion of some members of the party's delegates. [ Ibori, has made a move that](https://www.legit.ng/politics/1515519-pdp-crisis-disquiet-delta-ibori-supports-apc-senatorial-candidate/) has thrown the Peoples Democratic Party in [Delta](https://hausa.legit.ng/tag/delta-state-news-today/) state into a fresh crisis. [Atiku Abubakar](https://www.legit.ng/tag/1435-atiku-abubakar/) has condemned the incident which happened on Thursday, January 19th, at an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) presidential candidate, has reacted to reports that an explosion rocked an APC rally in.

I wish the injured a quick recovery. “On behalf of my team, I stand in solidarity with the APC and the families of the injured. “We had complained about the violence that had been visited on our party in some states because we did not want it to become a pattern if those engaged in anti-democratic activities were not brought to book.

SaharaReporters had reported that double explosions rocked the venue of the APC governorship rally in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

We can only give you access to the stadium two days to the occasion for you to prepare. We cannot give you access to the stadium now. You have no right to begin to go to the stadium now. We are prepared for the election, and we know we are going to win this election.” They went and paid money when they know the community is in fraction. If you know you are not prepared for election, go home and rest.

Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not responsible for the explosion that occurred at the rally of the All ...

“If you know you are not prepared for the election, go home and rest. They went and paid money when they knew the community was small. They now said it is PDP.

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Tony Cole, has said that the dynamite explosion...

We calmed them and asked them to sit down. We had to stop them. They asked us to go elsewhere, but we refused.

No fewer than three persons were injured on Thursday when a twin explosion rocked a rally of the All Progressives Congress APC, at the Rumuwoji Playground ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers said it has no hand in Thursday's explosion that rocked the APC rally in Port Harcourt.

It further explained that there was a rift over money paid by the APC to the Rumuwoji Community, the venue of the rally. We believe that everyone has a right to campaign in Rivers,” he stated. The command has explained that no other political party came anywhere near the venue of the rally.