The crises rocking the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have taken another dimension as scores of APC members marched to the state party secretariat alleging hijack of State Assembly aspirants screening and ward/state delegate selection.
Gunshots are being fired to disperse the protesters at the party secretariat in Port Harcourt during screening this morning.
The protesters, loyal to former Senator Magnus Abe, were seen carrying placards with inscriptions like, ‘APC Rivers, where are our forms’, ‘2018 Repeats Itself Again in Rivers, No Lesson Learnt’, among others.
According to some of the party members, they arrived at the secretariat around 6:00 am only to meet the gate under lock and key.
“We tried to open the gates by ourselves when the policemen stationed inside the party secretariat shot into the air,” one of the protesters said.
In the video, sounds of gunshots can be heard which led to chaos in the area as many including journalists scampered for safety as seen in the video.
See video below:
