PETERSIDE, ABE, OTHERS DEFY POLICE TEAR GAS AT INEC

• Protest shuts down commission
The All Progressives Congress (APC), governorship
candidate in the last elections in Rivers state, Dakuku
Peterside and former Senator Magnus Abe on
Wednesday braved all odds to led other candidates
and leaders of the party in the state to a protest at
the Independent National Electoral Commission in
Abuja.
But the protesting APC leaders who came with a
petition against the non- release of election materials
for their pending cases at the tribunal, got more than
they bargained for as the security operatives opened
tear gas canisters to disperse them.
About 48 candidates who contested for the various
elective offices on the APC platform in the state were
among those that came with Peterside to submit a
protest letter to the Acting chairman of the
commission, Amina Zakari.
The former House of Representatives members that
were in the team , include, Hon. Andrew Uchendu,
Hon. Otelemaba Amachree, Hon. Dawari George,
Hon. Igochukwu Aguma, as well as other former
members of the Rivers state House of Assembly, and
the chairman of APC in Rivers state, Denis Ebiamo
Ikanya.
The protesting party leaders, who stormed the INEC
Headquarters at about 11:15 AM were prevented
from moving close to the gate by a team of mobile
police, and Civil Defence officers who insisted that
they would not be allowed to go beyond the
barricaded areas since there was no prior
information of their visit to the commission.

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