Ex Edo Assembly speaker kicks over alleged plan to detain 5 PDP stalwarts till after polls

By Ezurike Ugochukwu

The former speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, has raised the alarm that the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state had shortlisted five prominent members of the People’s Democracy Party(PDP) in Edo, to be arrested and detained.

The former speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, has raised the alarm that five prominent members of the People’s Democracy Party(PDP) in Edo have been shortlisted for arrest and detention.

The ex -Speaker Alhaji Kabiru Adjoto, however alleged  that the PDP chieftains to be arrested would be held in detention until the Edo governorship election slated for September 19 is over.

Edo High Court

To this end, he has approached the Edo State High Court in Benin, to seek a restraining order to prevent his ‘imminent’ arrest.

In a court document seen on Friday where the former lawmaker has sought the protection of court to enforce his fundamental human rights and also prevent his “imminent arrest by some security agencies’’.

The agencies named in his prayers are: the Inspector-General of police, Director-General of the Directorate of State Security Services and the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

Included also are the Commissioner of Police Edo State, Director of the DSS in Edo, Commandant of the NSCDC in Edo and the Chairman of the APC party in Edo.

Adjoto has submitted that he received a classified information from his sources in Abuja that the 7th respondent had shortlisted five prominent members of the PDP in Edo, to be arrested and detained.