Soldiers have invaded the home of a former militant in Rivers leading to pandemonium in the oil rich state as the campaign office APC is set ablaze by angry youths.
Heavy shooting rent the air in Yeghe community, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State yesterday evening when soldiers invaded the country home of former militant leader, Solomon Ndigbara, according to the Punch.
At the time of filing this report, residents had deserted the community as shootings raged, leaving scores injured. It was further gathered that Ndigbara’s house was razed and soldiers have taken over the community.
At the time of the soldiers’ operation, the ex-militant was not at home, it was learnt. According to his media aide, Dum Nwine, “nobody knows his whereabouts.” Nwune was around when soldiers stormed the community.
He told Daily Sun at 7:50pm, that early yesterday, his boss had appealed to the public to prevail on government to stop harassing him having been covered by the Presidential Amnesty which he embraced.
Nwine stated: “As I speak, I don’t know the whereabouts of my boss. Everybody has deserted the community and many people wounded.”
He called on government to intervene in the matter as people have fled as a result of the shooting and also, heavy presence of armed soldiers.
The shooting, it was further gathered, has spilled over to Bori in Khana Local Government area, as irate youths have burnt down the campaign office of Senator Magnus Abe, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who they accused, with another member of the party, of masterminding the raids by soldiers.
Other reports have it that the Rivers South-East Senatorial Liaison office built by Magnus Abe was set ablaze by political hoodlums yesterday evening. The office is located in Bori, traditional headquarters of Ogoni people and headquarters of Rivers South-East Senatorial District. The liaison office was the first of its kind in the history of Rivers South-East Senatorial District.
Soldiers had earlier this year carried out similar operations at Ndigbara’s residences in Yeghe and Port Harcourt
See photos of the office set on fire:
The building engulfed with inferno
The building before the attack