Some women belonging to
the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State were on Monday morning teargased
by policemen around the INEC headquarters on Aba Road after they tried to take
their grieviances over Saturday’s presidential elections in the state to the
Commission’s office.
The women, donning black
attires and led by House of Representatives candidate for Ogu/Bolo Local
Government Area, Maureen Tamuno, came in several buses from various parts of
the state as early as 8:30am to pour out their frustrations.
Armoured tanks barricaded
the two lanes leading to INEC office while gun-wielding police and military
policemen in large numbers were positioned in strategic points in the vicinity.
Monday’s protest by the
APC women followed Sunday’s version of the party’s youths from various parts of
the state to the Commission’s headquarters where gunshots were fired after the
protesters prevented an SUV believed to be conveying the PDP governorship
candidate in Rivers, Nyesom Wike, from leaving the area.
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