The unidentified gunmen, who arrived in the area with heavy gunfire, scared off people from coming out to participate in the election.
There is heavy gunfire at Rumuepirikom community in Rivers State, the country home of former governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
A source in the area revealed that earlier some people had come into the community and announced that no one should come out for the local government polls.
It was gathered that when the electoral officers were about to arrive at the ward in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, the gunmen arrived in the area, as well.
The unidentified gunmen, who arrived in the area with heavy gunfire, scared off people from coming out to participate in the election.
It was also gathered that one person sustained a bullet injury and had been rushed to a health facility for treatment.
Earlier, suspected arsonists on Saturday morning detonated explosives at the All Progressives Congress (APC), office in the state.
It was learnt that buildings and other property were shattered in the early hours of Saturday at the party’s secretariat along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital.
The explosion brought down the gate of the secretariat while doors, windows and other property were destroyed.
It would be recalled that this is not the first time such explosions would rock the All Progressives Congress secretariat in the state.
This development comes amid a dispute surrounding conduct of local government elections in the state.
The APC and PDP had being at loggerheads with the electoral commission and state governor, Siminalayi Fubara over conduct of local government elections in the state.
SaharaReporters had reported that the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) noted that it would go ahead with the local government election in the state as scheduled.