The Benue State Police Command on Wednesday summoned Terhemen Tarzoor, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the 2015 governorship race, over the July 7 violence in Yandev, Gboko Local Government Area.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Tarzoor, who arrived the police headquarters at 4pm, spent four hours with a police investigation team, responding to questions over his alleged role in the crisis.
NAN also reports that Tarzoor’s invitation followed a petition by David Vergwa, the All Progressives Congress Youth Leader in Gboko Local Government Area, to the Commissioner of Police in Benue State.
In the petition, a copy of which was made available to NAN, Vergwa alleged that he was attacked, injured and his house destroyed by PDP supporters in a clash with their APC counterparts.
Vergwa said: “The rampaging youths claimed that their attack was targeted at Tarzoor, but I was the one hit.”
Moses Yamu, the Public Relations Officer of the Command, who briefed newsmen on the development, said Tarzoor was invited because his name featured in the petition.
Yamu said: “We invited him to state his side of the story; he wrote his statement and was allowed to go. But we shall invite him to explain more if the need arises.”
NAN reports that hundreds of party supporters accompanied Tarzoor to the police headquarters.
Efforts to speak with Tarzoor proved abortive because of the large and rowdy crowd around him.
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