On Saturday, 05 October, news hit of an explosion at the All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in Rivers State.
The secretariat overseen by a factional caretaker committee chairman, Chief Tony Okocha was hit in the early hours as explosives suspected to be dynamite shattered property along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, the state’s capital.
The explosion brought down the gate of the secretariat while doors, windows and other property were destroyed.
This marks the second incident that Chief Tony Okocha-led APC would be experiencing such an attack at its secretariat this year —coming as the local government elections are set to be held in the state today as the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission said on Friday that all sensitive materials have been distributed to the various local government areas.
Chief Tony Okocha in a short message accused supporters of the Rivers state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for the attack on the secretariat. “At the wee hours of Saturday, pro-Fubara civilian soldiers detonated dynamites at our office. The second attempt to set it ablaze was foiled as the security at the gate quickly put out the fire.”
Okocha’s APC had announced its withdrawal from today’s local government election citing legal reasons. It is not clear what message the suspected arsonist intended to pass across by detonating the suspected dynamite.
In a viral video some party workers were seen going round to make an assessment of the extent of impact on the facility.
