63 suspected political thugs and PDP chieftain arrested in Rivers state during re-run

Punch is reporting that soldiers and men of the Nigeria Police on Saturday arrested 63 suspected political thugs brandishing dynamites and cutlasses during the rerun election in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Also arrested were the Rivers State Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Samuel Nwanosike, and two former local government caretaker committee chairmen, identified as Odiari Princewill and Roland Sekibo.

This is just as armed youths and political thugs working for one of the major political parties in the state chopped off the hand of an unidentified official of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The victim, said to have bled profusely as a result of the injury, was taken to a hospital in Port Harcourt for treatment.

The incident, according to sources, happened in Igbo-Etche community in Etche. It was learnt that another INEC official, who was also on duty during the poll, was abducted.