Exactly one week after the
Rivers State Assembly crisis, protesters who are against the state governor
Chibuike Amaechi have attacked four Northern governors led by Governor
Babangida Aliyu of Niger state.
According to information gathered, the protesters who
besieged the Port Harourt International Airport, had camped there from 7am on
Tuesday morning.
Chanting
anti-Amaechi slogans, the protesters berated the Northern governors for
intervening in Rivers state’s internal crisis.
The
three governors including Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Sule Lamido (Jigawa) and
Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano) remained at the VIP Lounge of the airport for about an
hour waiting for Mr Aliyu to arrive.
After
Mr Aliyu arrived, the governors drove out of the airport in a waiting motorcade
provided by their host. But as their cars drove out of the airport and headed
towards the Rivers State Government House, the protesters became violent
pelting the motorcade with stones, water bottles, sticks and other items.
However,
the governors arrived the Government House safe, without any major incident,
and are now holding a closed-door meeting with Mr Amaechi.
Meanwhile,
the Rivers state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised
Governor Amaechi for setting up a 12 man committee to investigate the crisis
rocking the state House Assembly.
The
party said that Amaechi can’t be a judge in his own case.
The
Senate is expected to give its own report on Wednesday.
SOURCE: CHANNELS
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