Why Imo Police Command Arrests Labour Party State Assembly Candidate
Fresh facts have emerged on why the Imo State Police Command in Owerri, on Tuesday, arrested the labour party candidate for Imo State House Of Assembly, Owerri municipal constituency seat, honourable Clinton Amadi.
Fresh facts have emerged on why the Imo State Police Command in Owerri, on Tuesday, arrested the labour party candidate for Imo State House Of Assembly, Owerri municipal constituency seat, honourable Clinton Amadi.
He was detained at Tiger Base Unit of Imo State Police Command, Owerri, over plan to go to tribunal to claim his mandate in court, which he lost over heavy rigging that was witnessed during the March 18, governorship and Houses of Assembly elections.
It was gathered that he was arrested by the police during his visit to the INEC Office to obtain true copy of the INEC results for the just concluded March 18th State Assemblies election to prosecute his case in the tribunal.
He was at the Independent Electoral commission (INEC) Imo State Headquarter in Owerri, when the police that had layed ambush arrested him.
The arrest was said to have been perfected to detain him till the expiration of filling election petitions, so that he wont be able to file the petition early.
He accused the INEC officials in owerri of have conspired to arrest him with men of Nigeria police from Tiger Base unit of Imo State command.
"I was called to come to INEC Office to collect the certified copy of the INEC results, reaching there in the afternoon I got surrendered by heavily Armed Police men who arrested me.
"Currently I am at the Tiger Base Unit of Imo State Police command, I just sneaked out to answer your call.”
Labour party are yet to make an official statement following the development.
One of the aspirants in the race for Imo State governorship election in November, Major General Jack Ogunewe (Rtd described the development as a total violation of human right.
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