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The crisis rocking Rivers State over the conduct of Local government elections has taken a new turn.
This is as some protesters, believed to be loyal to former governor and serving minister, Nyesom Wike, have taken to the streets to protest against the conduct of the local government elections in Rivers State.
SaharaReporters had reported that the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) had noted that it would go ahead with the local government election in the state as scheduled.
The RSIEC stated this late Friday. “For the avoidance of doubt, we emphasize unequivocally that the 5th October 2024 Local Government Council Elections in Rivers State will hold as scheduled, and there is no going back,” RSIEC had said.
The protesters on Saturday amid the elections first gathered at the Polo Club in Yenagoa before embarking on the protest.
They marched along the popular Aba Road in Port Harcourt carrying banners and placards with inscriptions that called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara to obey the Federal High Court judgement that cancelled the poll.
It was also gathered that hundreds of the All Progressives Congress (APC) members were gathering at the party Secretariat in Port Harcourt to embark on a similar protest.
The Rivers State governor Siminalayi Fubara had insisted that the elections would hold accusing Nigerian Police which has failed to provide security for the election, of bias.
The local government election has commenced in some parts of Rivers State.
