The Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Kogi State has arrested a member of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Friday Sani (PDP), representing the Igalamela/Odolu Constituency.
The counsel to Sani, John Adele, told newsmen in Lokoja on Saturday that the lawmaker was arrested on Friday along the Odolu-Nsukka Road.
Adele said his client had gone Nsukka to make some purchases in readiness for the annual Odolu Day, of which he is a chief promoter.
The counsel said the policemen shot at the tyres of his client’s vehicle so as to be able to effect the arrest on what he described as “spurious allegations”.
He appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, to intervene and ensure the release of Sani pending further investigations.
Adele said: “We will not encourage him to flout the law.
“He is prepared to stand trial.”
Also speaking on the issue, Isah Adejo, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area, alleged that the arrest was masterminded by Sani’s opponents in the April 11 State House of Assembly election.
Adejo said the PDP would resist any attempt to deny Sani the mandate freely given to him by the people, adding that anybody that is aggrieved about the outcome of the election should seek redress at the Election Petitions Tribunal.
A member of the Odolu community, Sunday Ogu, described the arrest of Sani on the eve of the annual Odolu Day as an “unfortunate and sad development”.
Ogu appealed for the immediate release of Sani, whom he described as “a good community man:.
He said his arrest had thrown the entire community into sorrow.
The Commissioner of Police, Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, failed to pick several phone calls made to get his reaction to the development.
NAN.
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