Just In: Bloodbath in Rivers State, as suspected Gunmen kill scores of APC supporters. (Press release) Graphic Images, viewers discretion advised.
SCORES OF APC MEMBERS SHOT DEAD IN RIVERS •100 MEMBERS ARRESTED *Party cries out over intimidation, disenfranchisement *Rejects the outcome of the elections. Today's presidential and National Assembly elections have turned out to be a big nightmare for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, with the members being killed, attacked and disenfranchised in various parts of the State.
"Armed militias working for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have intensified their killing of APC members. Scores have already been killed and several others marked for elimination. This morning in Kpite Town, Tai Ward 2 and other areas of the State, five people were shot dead by PDP's armed militia, and that was before accreditation commenced," Rivers APC Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, said in a statement in Port Harcourt. Pictures of our killed members are attached. Lamenting his party's ordeal, Ikanya said: "It is sad that PDP and its collaborators are targ...