APC Rally in Patience Jonathan’s Town Interrupted by Gunmen
The All Progressives Congress governorship rally at the National School field in Okrika, Rivers State on Tuesday afternoon was disrupted when gunmen invaded the venue after bomb blasts failed to disperse the crowd.
According to reports, explosions near the venue of the rally were ignored by the party leaders and their supporters, as they refused to let it distract them from their campaign.
Some minutes after, however, scores of unknown gunmen invaded the venue through the creeks in gunboats, shooting haphazardly into the crowd and the VIP stand where the governorship candidate, his running mate and top members of their campaign executive council were seated.
Unconfirmed reports claimed that none of the APC leaders were hurt but they had to crawl on the ground to get to their vehicles.
The police operatives on ground were also helpful as they assisted the candidates and party leaders to escape, while also trying to secure the crowd.