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Ogonis Stage Violent Protest Over Selection Of Peterside by chibecanglobal(m): 7:56am On Nov 28, 2014
There are reports of rising tension in
the capital of Rivers state, Port
Hacourt, following the selection of
Dakuku Peterside as the consensus
candidate of the All Progressives
Congress in the state.
An action that started as peaceful
protest later degenerated into a
violent agitation by indigenes of the
Ogoni ethnic group who claim they
have been betrayed by Governor
Amaechi.
DAILY POST reports that the Ogoni
protesters barricaded the entrance
to the Rivers state government
House in Port Harcourt, burning tires
and breaching peace in the area.
Police who were mobilised to the
scene shot into the air and fired
teargas at the protesters, leaving a
youth severely injured.
It took men of the SSS and some
officers of the Joint Military Task
Force to quell the crisis.
DAILY POST gathered that no official
of the Rivers state government came
to address the protesters.
One of the protesters said: “Amaechi
made us to defect from the PDP to
the APC. He made us to fight the
Federal government. Governor
Amaechi deceived us into following
him and now he wants to
marginalize us.
“Amaechi used us and dumped us.
Why will he want to make somebody
from Opobo a Governor. Opobo is
single community. They are a
minority. Why will he want to us the
Ogonis who have 4 local government
areas to concede to a minority.
“So we are saying that an Ogoni man
must become the governor of Rivers
state in 2015.”
As at press time, passers-by have
been made to raise their hands to
pass a section of the Abali Park on
the popular Aba road.
In the meantime, Dakuku Peterside
is now in a closed door meeting with
Governor Amaechi.
www.dailypost.ng/2014/11/27/happening-now-ogonis-stage-violent-protest-selection-peterside-police-reacts/#comment-164867

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