Protest broke out on Thursday at the People’s Democratic Party’s secretariat in Port Harcourt in connection with the upcoming Local Government election.
There was massive presence of security officers at the PDP secretariat as protesters stormed the area in large numbers.
The large number of protesters had caused slow movement of vehicles on the road, as security officers struggle to control the crowd.
They took their protest to the state Government House and DSS offices.
Some of the protesters had placards and banners, while chanting solidarity songs and slogans along the busy highway.
Some of the placards read: ‘Say no to LGA election. RSIEC must obey court judgment. SIM must obey court judgment’.
This is coming on the heels of INEC saying it was yet to release the 2023 Voter Register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC).
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Johnson Alalibo, who spoke at a press briefing in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, said RSIEC had applied for the Register, but it was yet to be released to them because of administrative reasons.
Alalibo further confirmed that the Commission received the court judgement from Abuja barring the Commission from releasing the register.
The local government election is scheduled for October 5, 2024.
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