(PDP) secretariat along the Murtala Mohammed in Calabar, Cross River
State, on Monday.
The incident which occurred at about 5:30am rocked several buildings
in the vicinity.
The Nation correspondent who visited the scene at about 5: 50am saw
heavily armed policemen and soldiers trying to restore order in the
area.
A resident, who lives nine houses away from the secretariat where the
incident occurred, said at the time he felt his house shaking.
"I heard a loud bang and everywhere started shaking. I thought the
house was going to collapse," he said.
In a compound that shares the same fence with the back of the
secretariat, several glass doors and windows were shattered.
While speaking with one of those staying in the compound at about
10am, some policemen across the fence in the PDP secretariat ordered
our correspondent to leave immediately.
A couple of them jumped over the fence with their guns and threatened
to smash the correspondent's phone and deal with him if he did not
leave immediately.
The state chairman of the party, Mr. John Okon, said, "I understand
they threw in a bomb or dynamite or something. The police are there
and the anti-bomb squad is on the way. We would not be able to use the
secretariat for the ward congresses. We would be using the
Presidential Lodge.
All the electoral officers are collecting their materials and going to
the field. The windows and other things inside the office were
destroyed."
--TheNation
No comments:
Post a Comment