The Rivers State Chapter of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has reported the shooting yesterday morning by the police of Senator Magnus Abe, the Senator representing Rivers South East zone and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), and Chief Tony Okocha, the Chief of Staff to Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.
The party also reported the killing of five youngsters by the police at the rally of the party at the College of Arts and Science in Port Harcourt, along with the arrest of Ike Chinwo, a member of the Federal House of Representatives representing Obio-Akpor Federal Constituency.
According to the spokesman of the party, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, the rally was already in progress when policemen from MOPOL 19 stormed the venue and started shooting rubber bullets and teargas to disperse the crowd.
Source: Pm News
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