{"id":55024,"date":"2016-12-12T20:50:16","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T19:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=55024"},"modified":"2016-12-12T20:50:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T19:50:16","slug":"rivers-people-prevented-sars-personnel-stealing-rivers-east-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/rivers-people-prevented-sars-personnel-stealing-rivers-east-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW RIVERS PEOPLE PREVENTED SARS PERSONNEL FROM STEALING RIVERS EAST MANDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But for the intervention of thousands of Rivers people, police personnel from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) would have stolen the mandate of the people of Rivers East Senatorial District.<\/p>\n<p>News filtered into the town that the Police SARS Personnel led by the notorious SARS Commander, Akin Fakorede had stormed the Collation Centre at the Port Harcourt City Council.<\/p>\n<p>Akin Fakorede and his men beat up the Collation Officer for Emohua Local Government Area, Chukwudi Odekpa, breaking his head.\u00a0The SARS Personnel also manhandled the Emohua Local Government Electoral Officer, Mary Tonkoyo.<\/p>\n<p>They were however unlucky \u00a0as they did not know that the results were still left in the INEC Toyota Hilux van in the premises.<\/p>\n<p>In the course of the altercation, the SARS Personnel smashed Channels Television live broadcast equipment, beat up the Old GRA Divisional Police Officer and also manhandled the Female Commandant of Civil Defence providing security for the election.<\/p>\n<p>The SARS Personnel also abducted the PDP Agent, Mr Chinyere Igwe.\u00a0Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike joined the Rivers people outside the Collation Office. 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