The crisis rocking Rivers State has taken another dimension as an explosion rocked its capital city, Port Harcourt, during a protest staged by some supporters of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
According to the Tribune, a middle-aged protester carrying dynamite was killed while trying to discharge an explosive during the protest.
The incident happened in front of Hotel Presidential at about 9.45am on Tuesday.
According to an eyewitness account, the corpse of the victim was taken away hurriedly as security agents trooped to the location where the incident occurred
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Wike’s supporters defied police order to stage a protest over the local government tenure elongation crisis in Rivers state on Monday, June 24,
The protesters, Numbering about 100 displayed placards with several inscriptions to explain their actions near the post office along Azikiwe Road in Port Harcourt.
