Protests erupted at the People’s Democratic Party secretariat in  Rivers state, as tensions rises ahead of the Local Government election scheduled for October 5, 2024.

Correspondents gathered that the unrest follows growing concerns over the delay in the release of the 2023 Voters’ Register by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission.

Earlier, Justice PETER LIFU of the Federal High Court in Abuja, in a ruling delivered on September 30, barred INEC from releasing the voters’ register to RSIEC due to legal challenges.

Despite the court ruling, Governor SIMINALAYI FUBARA maintained that the election would go on as planned.