Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor
Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor

Wike’s ex-aide, brother killed in Rivers

NEWS DIGEST – The Rivers State Police Command had confirmed the killing of a former aide to the state governor, Mowan Etete, who was shot dead alongside his brother on Saturday.

Punch Newspaper reports that Mowan, who was a former Special Assistant to the Governor on Political Matters and his brother were killed by unknown gunmen at his residence in Andoni.

The newspaper further reported  that there were skirmishes in Abonema, Okrika and Bonny LGA, where some security agents were said to have carted away election materials.

In Bonny alone, security operatives shot into the air at a RAC centre to decongest the place, a development that got several persons injured.

Details later.