BREAKING NEWS: Explosion Rocks Rivers Deputy Governor’s Office

The political situation in Rivers State is getting messy by the day as an improvised explosive device was thrown at the Administrative Block of the Office of the Deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru, in the early hours of today, causing a minimal damage to the building.The Deputy Governor was unhurt in the explosion.There has not been any official statement yet but Mr. Godswill Jumbo, the Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor confirmed that an incident like that happened, adding that he would issue a statement later.Sources at the Government House assured that an official statement will be issued after GovernorChibuike Amaechi had inspected the scene.Phone calls to Ahmad Muhammad, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, for the state, were not answered.Facts are also emerging that thefire that engulfedthe old sectionof the Mile One Rumuoji Market today may have been caused by an explosive device thrown into the stores in the market.Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, the state Commissioner of Information and Communications, said that arson was not ruled out in the burning of the market as explosions were heard in some parts ofthe state capital the previous night.She said explosives might have been thrown into the market.Interestingly, Police Public Relations Officer Ahmad Muhammad told Premium Times that he was not aware of any explosion in the state.If the attack is proven, it would be a fresh twist in a series of political crises that have rocked the volatile oil producing state for months.