Rivers Dynamite Explosion: Prime Suspect Apprehended
On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, a prime suspect who accidentally detonated a dynamite near the Presidential Hotel on the Port Harcourt Aba Expressway during a protest was apprehended.
The individual, part of a group of protesters allegedly hired by former local government chairmen and cronies of the FCT Minister, was found and arrested at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital in Port Harcourt.
The commissioner for Health Dr Adaeze while fielding questions at the Braithwaite Memorial Hospital in Port Harcourt says the suspect was brought in by a few individuals who presented him as an accident victim at the Accident and emergency ward but upon examination the Doctors discovered that the injuries resembles that of a blast and alerted the authorities.
She said most of the people who brought the blast suspect had disappeared and were found with only one person, “The commissioner of police has been alerted and investigations have begun, Like I said the suspect was brought in unconscious but he has been stabilizing and recovering at the ICU, The place has been secured by the police and proper investigation would be carried out by the police”
