BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME

PORT HARCOURT—Indigenes of Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, yesterday, stormed the streets of Port Harcourt, demanding the relocation of the headquarters of the council from Omoku for security reasons.

The protest came shortly after civil society groups hit the streets, condemning the abduction of female students in Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Bornu State, by the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic.

Some of the placards carried by the protesters, read: “ONELGA is for peace,” “Austin Ahiamadu is our chairman,” “ONELGA council has come to stay,” “Relocate ONELGA council headquarters,” among others.

The protesters alleged that youths of Omoku in the council had always disrespected every council Chairman from other communities, noting that it was why they sealed off the council secretariat on Monday.

Permanent Secretary of Government House, Port Harcourt, Mr Fortune Oguru, thanked the protesters for the orderly manner they conducted themselves and promised to convey their complaint to the governor of the state.