Pandemonium broke out on Saturday in Akwa-Ibom State at the ward congress of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, when some people engaged in a free-for-all.
Several party members were reportedly injured during the fracas, which turned out to be bloody.
The incident occurred at Eastern Obolo local government area of the state during the congress. Aproko247 could not confirm if anyone was lost in the violence, but those injured during the fracas were reportedly taken to the hospital for treatment.
Addressing newsmen, the Akwa Ibom Commissioner of Police, Gabriel Ochong, stressed that no live was lost, but confirmed the incident.
Narrating how the violence broke out, the police chief said, “The problem started when two factions from Eastern Obolo used wood to hit one another. The injured were bleeding and the police had to take them to hospital. If anything had happened to anyone of them, the police who took them to the hospital would have informed me.
“However, at the time I left my house for that place, I was even told that two people had been killed, only for me to get there and found out that the people who engaged themselves in brawl only sustained injury.
“No position is worth the life of any Nigerian, let the election be peaceful so that the will of people will prevail,” he said.
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