Party Delegates Exchange Blows In Owerri

Delegates of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) on Tuesday exchanged blows at the congress of the Imo State chapter of the party in the state capital, Owerri.

Trouble started when Chairman of the party in Owerri zone, Chidiebere Oja, insisted that the congress would not go on over the suspicion that some members were planning to hijack the party.

He and other party members, who had gathered at the Wethral Road secretariat of the party for the congress, insisted that the exercise must be suspended.

The disagreement degenerated as the members freely threw chairs and any nearby objects at one another.

They asked the staff Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) invited for exercise to leave.

The Oguta local government area chairman of SDP, Chidi Oziri, and his Okigwe LGA counterpart, Nwankwo Maduka, had a serious shouting match.

The altercation between the two chieftains drew the attention of their supporters, with each group trying to defend their master leading to the congress in Owerri descending to an exchange of blows.

The state chairman of the party, Mr. Ben Anochie, who spoke to newsmen said the exercise had to be suspended to restore order.

He said a new date for the congress would be made known after a meeting of the State Working Committee (SWC).

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