The newly built council secretariat at Isiokpo in the Ikwerre Local Government area has been set ablaze.
A resident in the area confirmed the incident to the journalists on Monday even as videos circulating on social media show the administrative building on fire.
Police authorities have not commented on the incident and the extent of damage is still unclear.
This followed the withdrawal of the police officers securing the 23 council secretariats by the commissioner of police.
Earlier, some sections of the Eleme council secretariat went ablaze.
A former ambassador Oji Ngofa who hails from Eleme told the Press that the newly elected chairman of the council Brain Gokpa came to the secretariat accompanied by his councillors and supporters.
According to him, the LG boss, however, discovered that a few of the buildings in the council had been set ablaze.
The new council chairman, his councillors, and supporters have vowed to take over the secretariat come what may.
In Emohua council, some unknown individuals have barricaded the entrance to the secretariat. They’re resisting the resumption of the new Chairman, David Omereju. In a social media video, they can be heard chanting “No Wike, No Rivers State!!”
So far, no arrests have been made and the police are yet to release any statement on the situation. There is a palpable fear of a potential outbreak of violence in some councils of the state.
The incident adds to the list of issues that have propped up since Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s swearing-in of the new chairmen in Rivers State on Sunday.
Saturday’s election was filled with drama, intrigues, and twists in the lead-up. There were also explosions, protests, and gunshots during that period and on the day Rivers residents went to the polls.
