Chaos as gunmen attack PDP governorship campaign rally in Bayelsa, 3 people killed
A governorship election campaign by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) turned violent on Wednesday, November 13, as gunmen attacked loyalists of the party killing three people at a rally.
According to reports, one of the victims the violence, was Simon Onu, a driver of an OB van attached to a radio station belonging to Bayelsa state. The rally was to hold at Okolomabiri in Nembe local government area of the state, but the gunmen suddenly appeared at the venue and engaged in indiscriminate shooting resulting in confusion, chaos and party loyalists fleeing in various directions. The report said the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Degi Biobarakuma, hails from the community where the attack happened. Journalists and supporters of the party had earlier been prevented from entering the community. They had to move to Nembe Pasambre, where the attack later happened. In his first reaction, the governorship candidate of the PDP, Senator Douye Diri, said some of the party faithful were yet to be accounted for as a result of the attack. While asking for justice for those attacked, he alleged that the attackers declared that the community belonged to the APC and the PDP would never be allowed to get in. A witness at the rally, Orutu Africa, said the supporters of the APC started by throwing bottles at them. He said the attackers moved from Basambri with guns to the Okolomabiri area and began shooting everybody.
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