Some members of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State are currently protesting at the party Secretariat over nomination of Delegates for the upcoming primaries.

The protest which snowballed in to violence allegedly led to the dead of a yet to be identified person.

The deceased believed to be one of the protesters , was found lying face-down in front of the state party’s secretariat on Woji road in the new Government Residential Area of Port Harcourt.

Sources at the scene said the man fell after security men shot repeatedly into the air to scare the protesters.

A group of APC members loyal to a former lawmaker representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District, Senator Magnus Abe, had surrounded the party’s secretariat to protest their alleged exclusion from the screening of aspirants for the State House of Assembly primary.

The protesters also alleged that the state leadership of the party had hijacked the process of nominating delegates for the party’s primaries.

The party members were singing solidarity songs and displaying placards to express their grievances when some security men at the APC secretariat began shooting live bullets into the air to scare the protesters.

It was gathered that the action by the security agents caused both the protesters and journalists to run for safety.

The Rivers State Police Command has yet to comment on the matter.

Unknown gunmen have attacked the residence of the Chairman of Ikwo Local Government Area in Ebonyi State, Elder Steve Orogwu in Ekpomaka village, killing his four relations and setting his house ablaze.

It was gathered that those killed were his seventy five year old elder brother, his two sons and a guard.

Report says the gunmen who operated in a white Hilux van and dressed in military camouflage forced their way into his residence and lined up the victims before being shot.

Police in the state were yet to respond to inquiries on the incident but it was gathered that the remains of the victims had been deposited in a mortuary.
 

The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has affirmed Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 16 governorship election in Osun State.

A PDP governorship aspirant Dotun Babayemi contested Adeleke’s candidacy, asking the court to recognise him as the party’s candidate.

However,Justice Nathaniel Emmanuel recognised the PDP primary governorship election that produced Adeleke as the authentic candidate.

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The Federal Government has once again amended the charges against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

A counsel for the IPOB leader who made this known also said the Federal Government listed some lawyers representing Nnamdi Kanu as accomplices of the defendant.

Among the lawyers said to be indicted by the Federal Government are Ifeanyi Ejiofor and Maxwell Opara.

The IPOB legal team member said the government claimed that the indicted lawyers were constantly in contact with Nnamdi Kanu after he allegedly jumped bail and fled the country.

Nnamdi Kanu, who is at the Federal High Court, Abuja, is expected to be re-arraigned on the fresh charges.