BREAKING: Crisis Continues in Rivers as Former LG Chairmen, Youths Storm Secretariats for Protest

There is continued tension in Rivers State as former council chairmen of 21 out of 23 local governments have taken to the streets, rejecting the takeover of their offices. The protests, which began early this morning, have seen the former chairmen and their supporters waving placards with inscriptions such as 'Police, continue occupying the councils' and 'Sim Fubara can't continue to act as he likes.

In Buguma, the headquarters of Asari-Toru Local Government Area , former Chairman Onengiyeofori George led a procession of supporters through the town's streets, singing solidarity songs in support of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory , Nyesom Wike. Meanwhile, in Abonnema, the headquarters of Akuku-Toru LGA, a group of protesters gathered to show their support for the police's continued closure of the council premises.

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