Police officers, on Saturday, reportedly disrupted the local government election at Elekahia Primary School, Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital.
About 20 patrol vans carrying heavily armed personnel reportedly arrived at the scene, with the officers firing teargases into the premises of the primary school where the voting exercise was underway.
Earlier, the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) commenced distribution of sensitive materials to LGAs for the conduct of the election.
In the early hours of Saturday, voting commenced in several LGAs, with voters casting ballots in some polling units while others awaited election materials’ arrival.
An explosion reportedly rocked the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress faction led by Tony Okocha, the ex-chairman of the APC caretaker committee in the state, hours before commencement of the election.
