By Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURT
Two individuals have sustained bullet wounds at Igwuruta Group, Ikwerre Native Authorities Space of Rivers State, following a transfer by some youths alleged to be loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, to implement the Excessive Court docket Judgement Order.
The alleged Wike’s loyalists had Saturday morning whereas the residents had been anticipating the arrival of electoral materials within the space took to the streets, claiming to be imposing the courtroom order which barred the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, from releasing the 2023 voters register to the Rivers State Impartial Electoral Fee, RSIEC.
It was gathered that whereas the residents of Igwuruta had been getting ready to go to their items the youths numbering over 100 had began chasing individuals again to their homes, insisting that the polls wouldn’t maintain within the space.
The chief of the acclaimed loyalists, who can also be a frontrunner of the Peoples Democratic Get together within the Group, Obinna Ekem, said that they got here out to make sure that the individuals of Igwuruta neighborhood adjust to the Federal Excessive Court docket Judgment that restrained RSIEC from conducting native authorities elections, however that safety males hooked up to a federal lawmaker within the space opened fireplace on them.
He famous that the incident concerned safety operatives hooked up to the federal lawmaker representing Ikwerre-Emohua Federal Constituency, Boniface Emerengwa, and the youths, who had been out to make sure the rule of regulation.
Ekem mentioned: “We got here out as members of the Individuals’s Democratic Get together, who mentioned that we aren’t taking part within the election and we is not going to enable illegality to be perpetrated in our ward, Ward 12 Igwuruta, Ikwerre LGA.
“We had been in our numerous chapters to make sure that we complied with the judgement of the Federal Excessive Court docket delivered by Justice Lifu on the thirtieth of September. As we had been there Barr. Emeregwa and one different Amadi and Azunda led their police orderlies and a few thugs to assault us.
“They shot a number of individuals. Most of them are receiving remedy in hospitals. We ensured that in our numerous items, we sensitised folks that the train is in futility and so they don’t have to waste their time on what is not going to yield. We had been addressing our individuals after they got here to shoot at us.
Nevertheless, it was gathered that the state of affairs was introduced beneath management by the Divisional Police Officer of the Igwuruta Police Division, who rapidly mobilized males to the realm and restored calm.
It was additionally learnt that the election didn’t happen locally in addition to a detailed neighborhood, Omuagwa.