Two persons were feared dead and five others seriously injured as supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress clashed in Bayelsa State.
The incident reportedly occurred on Saturday in Bassambiri, Nembe Local Government Area of the state, during a wake of prominent indigene of the area.
Trouble was said to have started when the PDP supporters, led by the newly appointed Caretaker Chairman, Mr. Walter Kuroekigha, chanted his party slogans during the wake, which allegedly provoked the APC members at the ceremony.
It was learnt that in the violence that ensued, the two unnamed persons were reportedly stabbed with machetes to death while five others sustained various degrees of injuries.
An APC chieftain in the community, Melford Esinte, lamented the incident. He, therefore, called on security agencies to protect lives and property of the people in the area.
But the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, in Bayelsa, Mr. Jonathan Obuebite, condemned the renewed violence in the area.
Obuebite said, “We condemn in strong terms the gruesome attack on members of the PDP or any citizen by the APC which has led to the death of one person and we say this is one attack too many.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Command, Mr. Asinim Butswat, confirmed the clash in Nembe.
The police spokesman, however, could not confirm the death of the two persons, saying there was no official report yet that somebody died during the clash.
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