by Emmanuel Abi Couson
Rampaging gunmen invaded Abuloma Model Primary School located at Igboni street in Port Harcourt Rivers State the venue of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Eastern Zone election which held on Saturday 14.
The exercise which was going on smoothly when some gunmen came in their buses and started to shoot sporadically from different direction causing people to scamper f or their safety.
The gunmen operated for almost four hours, pulled down all the canopies and set a vehicle ablaze.
It is being alleged that the armed men are foot soldiers of Asari Dokubo who is interested in the outcome of the IYC election.
The Rivers State Police Command in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, said the Commissioner of Police despatched tactical teams to the venue, but before the arrival of the police, the perpetrators had run into hiding.
The statement added that the Commissioner of Police has given a marching order to track down the perpetrators and bring them to face the full wrath of the law.
The Command also advised all law abiding citizens to go about their lawful businesses as normalcy has returned and report any suspicious movement to the Police.
Meanwhile residence of the area that is within Trans Amadi are all afraid of a possible reprisal attack and have informed their love ones to be extremely careful .
