The insecurity situation in Rivers State is heating up by the day as an improvised explosive device was reportedly thrown at the Administrative Block of the Office of the Deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru, yesterday, causing a minimal damage to the building.
The Deputy Governor was unhurt in the explosion.
The state commissioner of information, Ibim Seminatari, said that the explosion occurred at about 3am when a dynamite was allegedly thrown into the building at about 3 am Tuesday. She also suggested that arson was not ruled out in the burning of the market as explosions were heard in some parts of the state capital the previous night.
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Phone calls to Ahmad Muhammad, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, for the state, were not answered.
Photos of the scene of the incident in the state house have not available to the media.
