Thugs suspected to be from a camp of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State have attacked some supporters of the same party, but loyal to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate.
It was gathered that the coordinator of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in Omuma LGA, Nnamdi Nwogu was among the persons attacked and that the victims were inflicted with machete cuts and gunshot wounds.
The incident happened at Eberi-Omuma, Omuma Local Government Area of the state on Sunday.
It was learned that the victims were pasting the campaign posters of the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku before they were attacked.
It was alleged that the attack was perpetrated on the direction of a PDP leader in the area opposed to the candidacy of Atiku.
The PDP presidential campaign director in the area, Nwogu, while confirming the development yesterday, said over 30 youths with machetes and guns pounced on them while they were pasting Atiku’s campaign poster.
He alleged that the attack was ordered by a political leader in the area, saying one of Atiku’s supporters who happened to be his assistant, Udochukwu Nwakpala, was shot.
The PDP leader disclosed that Nwakpala was in a critical condition, but already receiving attention in an undisclosed hospital.
