The police in Rivers State on Monday allowed former chairpersons of Rivers local councils to hold protest marches in some parts of Rivers, the same day the police had advised the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in the state to suspend its planned protest.
Most of the former chairpersons of the local councils are supporters of Nyesom Wike, a former governor of Rivers, who is engaged in a protracted political battle with his successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Mr Wike is now the FCT minister.
