Author: Tahir Ahmed

Gun shots, explosion mar Rivers LGA election NEXTER News Sporadic shooting at Rumuepirikom community, the home of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, on Saturday prevented many eligible voters in the area from coming out to cast their votes during the local government election. Reports claimed that gunmen arrived the ward in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, in two unmarked hilux vans shooting sporadically into the air at the time the electoral officers were preparing for the exercise. Many voters who had come out early to perform their civic responsibilities ran from the polling units. Ealier,…