- By Halimah Olamide
I was informed of the attack about 3am today. This is politically motivated and there is no two ways about it. They know that the APP is a fast growing political party in the state. We call on the police to investigate this and arrest the culprits.”
A explosion suspected to be a bomb has rocked the Rivers State secretariat of the Action Peoples Party on Monday.
Reports gathered by the NPO Reports said that the incident happened at about 1am Monday morning.
Amidst the confusion, the Rivers APP Chairman, Sunny Wokekoro confirmed the development saying the incident is politically motivated.
He said: “Yes, I’m a member of the APP. I was informed of the attack about 3am today. This is politically motivated and there is no two ways about it. They know that the APP is a fast growing political party in the state. We call on the police to investigate this and arrest the culprits.”
A video of the scene shared on X by a user with the handle @OfficialSnowTV is shown below:
The state command of the police was yet to make any statement on the incident at the time of filing this report.
Mr, Tunji Disu, the Commissioner of Police was yet to respond to NPO Reports’ inquiry.
More details later…