Christmas Rice Diversion by Gov. Abiodun: Three APC Members Arrested
The police have arrested three members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State’s Ijebu North Local Government Area over Governor Dapo Abiodun’s Christmas rice.
Morufu Idowu, Adebayo Rabiu, and Wasiu Raji, according to sources, have been arrested. They were apprehended between Sunday and Monday on suspicion of diverting rice bags intended for distribution.
Meanwhile, A.D. Sosanwo, a lawyer, has sued the Nigeria Police Force’s Ijebu-Ode Area Command for N10 million in damages for “unlawfully detaining” the trio, whom he described as his clients.
Sosanwo explained in a petition to the Ijebu Ode Area Command, which was copied to the Inspector-General of Police and the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, that his clients had been arrested and detained for longer than the constitutional period.
The three APC members were “arrested on the order of the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi,” according to him.
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Sosanwo claimed in the petition that they were apprehended by police officers in Ago-Iwoye and taken to the Ijebu-Ode Area Command.
The Area Commander had demanded that the bags of rice be returned in order for the matter to be resolved amicably between the complainant and the arrested persons, according to the lawyer.
