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Mrs Cynthia Nwala, the leader of the Legislative Council in Etche Local Government (LG), Rivers state, was harassed and stripped in the council premises, as the leadership crisis among councilors escalated.
Viral photos of Nwala emerged on Monday showing the distressed councilor helpless with her clothes torn open exposing sensitive parts of her body.
Nwala accused Chinedu Onyechi, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the Council Chairman, of humiliating her on the orders of the Etche LG boss, Obinna Anyanwu.
She told journalists; “I met the gate of the council locked as I was leaving the office, closed for the day. The CSO said the LG Chairman ordered them to lock the gate. I asked why, they said I was going home with the Mace. I said the Mace is for Leader.
“I am to secure the mace due to what is going on in the council. I don’t know what the other councilors are up to. The Deputy Leader is acting like he’s the Leader, and one of them urged me to be careful, that I should see what they’re planning.
“The Council is under renovation. The place is not secure and the Clerk of the House is not working with me. So the CSO said the Chairman said they should come after me. They vandalised my car and started beating me, tore my clothes. It was a terrible situation.”
