People in Port Harcourt could not believe that days after the general election, young residents will engage in a free for all.
It’s been a bloody day in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. On Monday, supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) fought dirty.
The clash saw one person sustain a gunshot injury after being hit by a stray bullet.
Protest
Members of the ruling party in the state, PDP, earlier protested in front of the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) along Aba Road in Port Harcourt.
The protesters demanded for a joint inspection of election materials by all political parties.
This came after the governorship candidate of the APC in the state, Tonye Cole, said on Friday that he would storm the INEC office on Monday.
His aim is to demand the release of Certified True Copies of documents used for the March 18 governorship election.
To him that would enable the party file processes at the election petition tribunal.
The Clash
While the PDP supporters were at the INEC office, Cole, the state APC Chairman, Emeka Beke and other party leaders showed up at the the GRA area of Aba Road and were proceeding to the INEC office.
The protesting youths who sited him raced in his direction, and pelted stones and water sachets at him.
The security operatives attached to Cole immediately shielded him and whisked him into the vehicle, but the protesters continued pelting sachet water in his direction.
Security Agencies’ Intervention
Soldiers of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, operatives of the Nigeria Police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps immediately mobilised to the scene.
They shot into the air to disperse the protesters.
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An eyewitness said: “One of the security men attached to Cole fired the shot which hit one of the protesters who was advancing towards him.
“The man bled profusely on the floor due to a gunshot that injured his leg before friends took him to a hospital.
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“The security operatives attached to Cole whisked him away from the scene, sensing that the PDP supporters were more.
“APC supporters at the scene scampered for safety”.
