NIN: Gunmen storm Rivers NIMC office, disrupt registration

Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt

The on-going National Identity Number registration at the National Identity Management Commission was disrupted on Tuesday afternoon, as gunmen suspected to be cultists stormed the commission’s premises in Port Harcourt.

Though the mission of the men, numbering seven, with some holding guns was not known, but eyewitnesses said they descended on one of the applicants, collected his mobile phone, and collected monies from others before leaving, even as the action caused panic, as some applicants fled.

The men numbering seven, with some holding guns, beat up a young man in what is believed to be a suspected cult clash.

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