The political situation in Rivers State is getting messy by the day as an improvised explosive device was thrown at the Administrative Block of the Office of the Deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru, in the early hours of today, causing a minimal damage to the building.

The Deputy Governor was unhurt in the explosion.
There has not been any official statement yet but
Mr. Godswill Jumbo, the Press Secretary to the
Deputy Governor confirmed that an incident like that
happened, adding that he would issue a statement
later.
Sources at the Government House assured that an
official statement will be issued after Governor
Chibuike Amaechi had inspected the scene.
Phone calls to Ahmad Muhammad, the Police Public
Relations Officer, PPRO, for the state, were not
answered.
Facts are also emerging that the fire that engulfed
the old section of the Mile One Rumuoji Market
today may have been caused by an explosive
device thrown into the stores in the market.
Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, the state Commissioner of
Information and Communications, said that arson
was not ruled out in the burning of the market as
explosions were heard in some parts of the state
capital the previous night.
She said explosives might have been thrown into
the market.
Interestingly, Police Public Relations Officer Ahmad
Muhammad told Premium Times that he was not
aware of any explosion in the state.
If the attack is proven, it would be a fresh twist in a
series of political crises that have rocked the
volatile oil producing state for months.