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Suspected hoodlums have burnt down the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Buguma, headquarters of Asari -Toru local government area of Rivers State.
The secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the community, as well as the home of the Rivers State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs. Joeba West were also burnt down by thugs.
Sporadic gunshots were reported in Rumuagholu community in Obio/Akpor local government area of the state, while in Abua Central, headquarters of Abua/Odual local government area, a member of one of the major political parties was allegedly beaten to death by supporters of another political party.