Jihar Rivers ta shaida wani yunkuri na tashin hankali a lokacin zaben kananan hukumomi da aka gudanar a ranar 5 ga Oktoba, 2024. Abin da ya faru ya kasance wani bangare na kararrakin siyasa tsakanin Gwamnan jihar, Siminalayi Fubara, da tsohon gwamnansa, Nyesom Wike, who yanzu ministan babban birnin tarayya.
Kafin zaben, akwai hukuncin kotu biyu na dama da na kananan hukumomi na Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) wanda ke karkashin shugabancin Justice Adolphus Enebeli (retd.). Jam’iyyun siyasa biyu na manyan jam’iyyun siyasa, All Progressives Congress (APC) na Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), sun fitar da sanarwa cewa sun fita daga zaben saboda kasa daidaiton hanyar da aka bi.
A ranar zaben, akwai fashin bama-bamai biyu: daya a hedikwatar APC a Aba Road, Port Harcourt, wanda Tony Okocha ke shugabanta, na daya a hedikwatar karamar hukumar Ohio/Akpor inda Chinioke Ihunwo, wanda ke goyon bayan Fubara, ya ci gaba da lashe kujerar zaben.
Bayan zaben, an samu tashin hankali a wasu wurare, amma zaben ya kasance da zaman lafiya zuwa ga wani lokaci. Amma tashin hankali ya karu ne lokacin da darakta janar na ‘yan sanda, Kayode Egbetokun, ya umurci kwamandan ‘yan sanda na jihar Rivers da su buge hedikwatar kananan hukumomi 23 bayan Fubara ya rantsar da shugabannin kananan hukumomi.
A ranar Litinin, Oktoba 7, 2024, shugabannin kananan hukumomi sun yi Æ™oÆ™arin shiga hedikwatar da ‘yan sanda suka kulle kusan watanni uku bayan tashin hankali da ya faru a lokacin da aka fara faÉ—aÉ—a waÉ—anda suka riga suka riÆ™e mukamai na kananan hukumomi waÉ—anda suke goyon bayan Wike. An samu juyayi a wasu kananan hukumomi, musamman a Ikwerre, inda matasa, waÉ—anda ake zargi da goyon bayan Wike, sun kai hari da dynamite, sun lalata hedikwatar sabuwar shugabar karamar hukumar a Isiokpo.
A Nchia-Ogale, hedikwatar karamar hukumar Eleme kuma ta samu irin wadannan harin, inda matasa suka kai hari da dynamite, sun lalata hedikwatar karamar hukumar. Shugaban karamar hukumar Eleme, Brian Gokpa, ya zargi masu goyon bayan Wike da shirya harin, amma ya ce hali ta ba ta shafar aikinsa na kula da al’ummar yankin.
