RIVERS STATE CRISI: Cop killed as youths dislodge pro-Wike LG chairmen.

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The crisis in Rivers State on Tuesday worsened over the tenure of  23 local government chairmen as protesting youths loyal to the state Governor,  Siminalayi Fubara, dislodged no fewer than three chairmen who refused to vacate their offices.

A policeman was killed at  Eberi-Omuma in the Omuma Local Government  Council secretariat during a clash between supporters of Fubara and his predecessor, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.


To prevent a breakdown of law and order, the police on Tuesday evening announced the takeover of the 23 council secretariats.

The three-year tenure of the 23 chairmen expired on Monday but they had vowed to remain in office, citing the Local Government Amendment Law 2024 made by the Martin Amaewhule-led House of Assembly.


The crisis in Rivers State on Tuesday worsened over the tenure of  23 local government chairmen as protesting youths loyal to the state Governor,  Siminalayi Fubara, dislodged no fewer than three chairmen who refused to vacate their offices.

A policeman was killed at  Eberi-Omuma in the Omuma Local Government  Council secretariat during a clash between supporters of Fubara and his predecessor, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

To prevent a breakdown of law and order, the police on Tuesday evening announced the takeover of the 23 council secretariats.

The three-year tenure of the 23 chairmen expired on Monday but they had vowed to remain in office, citing the Local Government Amendment Law 2024 made by the Martin Amaewhule-led House of Assembly.

At  Eberi-Omuma,  in the Omuma LGA, a policeman and a member of a local vigilante group were killed during a scuffle, though the police said both men were there to prevent a breakdown of law and order.

A policeman killed. 

A source said a policeman attached to a politician in the Omuma LGA had allegedly shot the member of the vigilante group codenamed the Omuma Security Planning and Advisory Committee. The politician was in one of the groups that clashed at the council secretariat.

The source said the protesters attacked and killed the policeman in reprisal.

But when contacted, the spokesperson for the state Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the death of the policeman and the vigilante. She, however, did not disclose the cause of the death 

She said, “Yes, we lost a police officer and a vigilante member. Investigations  are ongoing to ascertain the immediate and remote causes of the incident.”

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