PETERSIDE WILL FACE MURDER TRIAL

-          The Rivers State govt has said that Dakuku Peterside, the defeated governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers state and Managing Director of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), will be prosecuted for alleged murder.

-          He is accused of trying to kill an aide to the gov’s chief of staff on Sunday in the heat of the violent legislative elections held at the weekend.

-          Peterside himself had earlier released a statement saying he escaped an assassination attempt by agents of the state govt.

-           Simeon Nwakaudu, special assistant to the gov. on electronic media, said in a statement that peterside, who is now the managing director of NIMASA, “ directed his security details to murder an aide to the chief of staff to Gov Wike while fleeing with some result sheets from Ikwerre LGA.

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