The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has convened a security council meeting with heads of security agencies following recent political developments in the state.
The meeting was held behind closed doors at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
After the meeting, Governor Fubara told the press that discussions with the security heads centred on strategies to contain the invasion of local government secretariats.
He cautioned the immediate past council chairmen against harbouring false hopes of returning to their positions.
Governor Fubara, however, raised an alarm over an alleged plan by his opponents to arrest his supporters.
He pledged to personally protect them, saying anyone attempting such arrests would have to confront him first.
Meanwhile, there was a skirmish when the outgone chairman of Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State Allwell Ihunda attempted to enter the council secretariat.
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State had asked the Heads of Local Government Administration to take charge of the 23 councils in the state. This was after the three-year tenure of the council chairpersons, their vice, and councillors ended on Monday.
But in viral videos, gunshots were fired when Allwell attempted to enter the secretariat. He was chased away by some youths when he tried to make his way to the premises.
A vehicle belonging to George Ariolu who is the outgone local government chairman of Obio/Akpor was also vandalised.