VIDEO: Many Feared Dead As IYC Election In Port Harcourt Turns Bloody

No less than 12 teenagers are said to have been slain in a horrific conflict during the ljaw Youth Council (IYC), Eastern Zone election on Saturday in Abuloma Community, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Rivers State.

Trouble erupted when several unknown armed men attacked the Abuloma Model Primary School, where the election was held, and began attacking their perceived opponents.

According to a community source who requested anonymity, the armed men were acting on orders from an unknown militant leader who was displeased with the outcome of the youth election.

According to the source, the attack lasted several hours as residents and business owners fled for safety. The insider explained that while some injured adolescents managed to escape the scene with varied degrees of injuries, many others who were unlucky died in the aftermath of the attack, as lifeless bodies were spotted laying on the streets.

“My brother, what we witnessed in the Abuloma election yesterday caught us off guard. I won’t lie: more than a dozen people perished. A few of them passed away after leaving the event, and seven or eight dead bodies were discovered inside and outside the school. A woman who was not close to the event was also struck by stray gunfire. stated the source.

Meanwhile, Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer SP Grace Iringe-Koko responded to the development by stating that the Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu, has ordered a manhunt for the attackers. She stated that following the nasty episode, the Commissioner of Police quickly dispatched Tactical Teams to the scene, and that the culprits had gone before the police arrived.

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