Rivers State: Sponsored Political Hoodlums Torch Eleme LG Secretariat

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Following the withdrawal of policemen that were guarding the 23 Local Government Secretariats in Rivers State, some sponsored political hoodlums stormed the Eleme Council secretariat and set a section of it ablaze.

It was gathered that the secretariat was set ablaze in the early hours of Monday, October 7, 2024 ahead of the resumption of the newly elected and sworn-in chairman, Hon Brain Gokpa and his councillors.

Information pieced together indicated that the new chairman of the local government, Brain Gokpa, had gone to the council secretariat alongside his councillors as well as supporters to resume work only to find that some of the buildings in the council had been set ablaze.

Governor Siminalayi Fubara had on Sunday at the swearing in of the 23 Chairmen of Councils, gave a hint that security information at his disposal was that the enemies of Rivers State have perfected plans to cause mayhem and destruction of property ahead of the resumption of the newly elected Local Government officials.

Checks by Forefront News indicated that other Local Government secretariats namely, Obio-Akpo, Ikwerre and others were attacked by the sponsored political thugs.

The newly elected chairman of the local government, Brain Gokpa, was said to have gone to the council secretariat alongside his councillors and supporters and discovered that a few of the buildings in the council had been set ablaze.

The ugly development took place two days after the conduct of the Rivers Local Government Elections which were won by the Action Peoples Party (APP).

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