Lawmaker arrested, whisked to Abuja
The only member of the APC in the Ekiti state House of Assembly and Minority Leader,Gboyega Aribisogan, has been arrested by security agents and whisked to Abuja. The lawmaker, who according to findings, was reportedly arrested around 6.30 am on Wednesday defected from the PDP to the APC last year. Before his defection, Aribisogan was […]
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The only member of the APC in the Ekiti state House of Assembly and Minority Leader,Gboyega Aribisogan, has been arrested by security agents and whisked to Abuja.
The lawmaker, who according to findings, was reportedly arrested around 6.30 am on Wednesday defected from the PDP to the APC last year.
Before his defection, Aribisogan was suspended by the PDP-dominated House of Assembly who accused him of disloyalty to Fayose.
His arrest was confirmed by his younger brother, Sola, in a telephone chat with reporters in Ado Ekiti adding that about ten security men from the Police,Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) and Department of State Services (DSS) effected the arrest.
Sola disclosed that the lawmaker might have been arrested to give clarification on some“sensitive” stories carried by his newspaper, New Democrat.
He said: “The security men came in a Toyota Hummer bus.They did not search the house but they only showed their identity cards. They left our compound around 7.35 am, they arrived at about 6.00 am.”
Some of stories carried by New Democrat include the alleged plan to assassinate some prominent figures both in APC and PDP.
The paper also reported that a group petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accusing Governor Ayo Fayose of using Ekiti funds to purchase an aircraft to the tune of N1.5 billion.
APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said although he heard of the arrest but he had not been briefed.
Olatunbosun said: “I have not been briefed yet, when I am briefed, I will react. But I have no reaction for now.”