Chieftains of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State
have raised alarm over what they described as sustained harassment,
intimidation and attacks on members of the APC by the Nigerian Police,
particularly men of the police Division in Ikwerre Local Government Area.
The Chieftains at a
press conference in Port Harcourt, the state capital, said more than ten members
of the APC in the area have either been arrested or detained by the police for
no reason since the last one month.
They also alleged that
campaign materials of the party have constantly been destroyed in the area.
One of the chieftains
in the area and Rivers State Commissioner for Lands and Survey, Eze Monye Ezekiel
Amadi, told journalists that the APC has lost one of its members in Ikwerre as
a result of the police against the party.