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The Action People’s Party, APP, has condemned the alleged bombing of the authorities secretariat successful Rivers State, labelling it an enactment of terrorism.
Briefing journalists connected Monday astatine the party’s authorities secretariat successful GRA Port Harcourt, the National Chairman of APP, Uchenna Nnadi, disclosed that the incidental occurred connected Sunday nighttime soon aft a strategical meeting, fortunately, nary enactment members were harmed.
Nnadi urged President Bola Tinubu and information agencies to instrumentality decisive enactment against those liable for the convulsive act, which helium believes is intended to instil fearfulness among residents.
Nnadi said, “It is really a bittersweet time for democracy. We condemn successful the strongest presumption the enactment of bombing our Rivers State Chapter Secretariat. It is simply a heinous act, it is an enactment of terrorism, it is simply a treasonable act.
“We convey God almighty who spared the lives of our members. Immediately they near aft a strategical gathering successful the dormant of the nighttime this heinous enactment was carried out.
“We are each alert of what is happening successful Rivers State that it is each astir seizing the treasury of Rivers State.
“We cognize this is not the archetypal clip this enactment of coercion has happened, we person incidents of bombing before.
“We are calling upon Mr President, the Heads of Security Agencies to spell aft these transgression elements whose involvement is to instil fearfulness and unit successful Rivers State.”
Nnadi further revealed that the enactment has received indications of accrued involvement successful the enactment successful anticipation of the October 5 section authorities elections, which the politician intends to conduct.
Nnadi alleged that those opposed to the elections, incapable to halt it done ineligible means, person turned to violence.
He encouraged enactment members successful Rivers State to stay steadfast and united.
“We arsenic a party, are not deterred. We are definite that they are getting the awesome of Rivers People joining our enactment successful mentation for the forthcoming section authorities election.
“And they privation to undermine this bully argumentation of the politician who wants to behaviour the LGA election.
“These radical astatine first, they said that behaviour section authorities elections and the politician acceptable plans successful spot to behaviour the election, we cognize however they person been buying from 1 bid oregon the different successful courts successful the federation trying to halt the section authorities elections.
“They person seen that they are not capable to execute that, they person resorted to violence. They privation to halt the process and the bully policies of the politician astatine each costs.
“But I americium definite that the bully radical of Rivers State cognize that the volition of the Governor is for the payment of the populist.
“So we condemn this act, we telephone Mr President and heads of information agencies to spell aft these radical who are down this criminality and fto them look the euphony and the agelong limb of the Law.
“We telephone upon our members and supporters successful Rivers State to rally circular the party, fto them not beryllium deterred,” helium added.
Also speaking, the APP State Chairman successful Rivers State, Sunny Wokekoro, said the incidental has lone strengthened their resoluteness and demonstrated decision for those responsible.
“Those who person done this had thought that this volition deter us, unfortunately, it has fixed america much resoluteness to spell connected to bash what we are expected to bash due to the fact that it is simply a wide denotation of decision connected their side.
“It is simply a wide denotation that we are doing the close happening and we volition not beryllium deterred astatine all.
“This barbaric enactment of radical who deliberation that they are a reservoir of violence, who deliberation that Rivers State indispensable crook to immoderate they want, we person travel to alteration the narrative, whether anybody likes it oregon not 1 happening that is changeless successful beingness is alteration but the quality of it is that the radical are against them, the clip is against them, astir importantly God is against.”
Wokekoro alluded that, “the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been emptied into the APP.”
While commending Governor Siminalayi Fubara for his efforts to support bid successful the state, Wokekoro urged the politician to guarantee that information agencies thoroughly analyse the bombing.
He besides commended the authorities Commissioner of Police for his swift effect to the incidental and expressed assurance that an probe would pb to the apprehension of the perpetrators.
“We are lone asking that the Governor of the authorities guarantee to telephone connected the information apparatus to bash the needful.
“I convey the Commissioner of Police successful Rivers State for his punctual effect of coming present to spot things for himself, it is simply a booster to immoderate of us. We judge that helium is going to bash the needful truthful that the perpetrators of this transgression volition beryllium brought to book.“
In the meantime, the authorities Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, who besides briefed journalists astatine the country of the incidental portion carrying retired an on-the-spot appraisal said, “I heard astir this yesterday, we deployed our squad to instrumentality complaint of the area.
“The Bomb squad has been sent present and I americium waiting for their report. I would not privation to spell heavy into that due to the fact that I person not gotten my afloat report.
“Everybody should beryllium acrophobic astir security, astir their information and security. I bash not privation to spell heavy down into immoderate things that I bash not privation to notation now, but astir importantly everybody has to instrumentality their information seriously.
Speaking further, CP Disu said, “I rapidly sent successful our officers to this spot yesterday due to the fact that anyplace determination is an detonation determination is apt to beryllium a 2nd one, truthful usually we determination radical distant from determination and that is what my squad succeeded successful doing yesterday.”
Security agencies are presently astatine the country of the incident, with caution tapes connected the country of the incident.
DAILY POST gathered from an eyewitness successful the country that the incidental occurred astir 9:35 p.m. connected Sunday.
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