Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has disclosed reasons behind the arrest of All Progressives Congress lawyers in the State.
Wike stated that the lawyers were arrested because they tried to forge the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) documents to be used in their legal battle against the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.
Speaking during a media chat, monitored by MDB on Tuesday, Governor Wike said the police only did their job.
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Wike stated:
There is nothing wrong if you have intelligence that people are producing INEC documents in a hotel.
INEC documents in a hotel? That is wrong. And police arrested them. What is expected is that police should investigate them. Were they really printing INEC documents or not?
Governor Wike added:
In their usual propaganda, they (the APC) said on TV that their lawyers were arrested while preparing election petition. When lawyers perpetrate a crime, can’t they be arrested?
Furthermore, Wike criticised legal practitioners in the country for ‘interfering’ in the matter ‘without knowing the facts’.
He also criticised the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Maikyau; and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, over their calls for the release of All Progressives Congress (APC) lawyers arrested in the state.
