One Shot As APC, PDP Members Crashes In Rivers Over Election Materials Inspection

Confusion as members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State clashed over the inspection of electoral  materials in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

VerseNews Nigeria reports that the fight started after members of PDP had forced the APC governorship candidate, Tonye Cole to leave the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) upon arrival to inspect the electoral materials used in the governorship poll, March 18.

This situation escalated as the PDP members demanded the joint inspection of election results and the Certified True Copies of result sheets for the just-concluded 2023 general elections.

This Online News Media reports that the situation leads to an uncontrollable protests by the PDP members.

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The two major roads that leads to the INEC office, the waterlines and GRA areas of Aba road where blocked by the PDP protesters.

As the argument between the two parties heated, one of the security men attached to Cole fired the shot which hit one of the protesters who was advancing towards him.

The victim who sustained a gunshot injury on his leg bled profusely before friends took him to the hospital.

The protesters are said to have been dispersed by soldiers of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, operatives of the Nigeria Police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps who arrived and shot into the air.