Hundreds of youths believed to be members of the grass-roots Development Initiative (GDI) on Tuesday hulled stones at the convoy of four northen states' governors who were on a solidarity visit to Rivers State Governor and chairman of Nigerian Governors' Forum (NGF), Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.
The visiting governors, including Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State and Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, in company of their host, Amaechi were leaving the VIP Lounge of the Port Harcourt International Airport, when the incident occurred.
It could not be ascertained if there were casualties, but windscreen of several vehicles in the convoy were torched by the youth, who were singing solidarity songs in favour of the presidency.
One of the affected vehicles was the one carrying all the members of the Rivers State Executive Council.
The GDI is a socio-political organization set up by the minister of state for Education, Mr. Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike.
The youths, who were protesting the decision of four governors to pay solidarity visit to Amaechi, had arrived the airport as early as 7am before the aircraft that brought the Rivers State governor landed at about 9.00 am.
No comments:
Post a Comment