The unidentified gunmen, who arrived in the area with heavy gunfire, scared off people from coming out to participate in the election.
There is heavy gunfire at Rumuepirikom community in Rivers State, the country home of former governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
A source in the area revealed that earlier some people had come into the community and announced that no one should come out for the local government polls.
It was gathered that when the electoral officers were about to arrive at the ward in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, the gunmen arrived in the area, as well.
The unidentified gunmen, who arrived in the area with heavy gunfire, scared off people from coming out to participate in the election.
It was also gathered that one person sustained a bullet injury and had been rushed to a health facility for treatment.
Earlier, suspected arsonists on Saturday morning detonated explosives at the All Progressives Congress (APC), office in the state.
It was learnt that buildings and other property were shattered in the early hours of Saturday at the party’s secretariat along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital.