The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says 17 individuals were killed amid a charge that happened at the Presidential Rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday.
He said this while tending to a horde of gathering supporters under the aegis of Rivers Non-indigenes Support Wike in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.
The figures are in opposition to the report of the Police which had before demonstrated that four people were slaughtered while four others were harmed.
Talking about the emergency shaking the APC in the state, representative Wike said endeavors to drag him into the issue were bizarre, including that the issues could have been settled before it was past the point of no return.
He, accordingly, asked those singing “war melodies” in front of the races to be prepared to send their very own youngsters to lead the fight.
The Director-General of the Buhari Campaign Organization and Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, had on Tuesday promised to fight the senator to the last.
While tending to a horde of supporters at the Adoki Amasiemeka arena on Tuesday, Amaechi charged Wike and the PDP in the condition of verifying a court decision to ban the APC from handling contender for the general races.
In addition to other things, he additionally blamed Wike for double-crossing him while he was legislative leader of the state.
He, along these lines, focused on that the APC was capable and would battle to the last while reaffirming his words with a melody which he sang in the Igbo language.