The Nasarawa State Police command arrested 38 persons on Friday for protesting the outcome of the Supreme Court judgment which affirmed the re-election Abdullahi Sule as winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship election in the state.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel who confirmed the arrest said apart from the 38 suspects arrested, 29 motorcycles were recovered by its personnel during the protests which took place in Lafia, the state capital.
DSP Nansel said those arrested violated a peace accord reached by stakeholders of the APC and PDP in the state ahead of the Supreme Court judgment.
“The command has apprehended 38 suspects in connection to the protests and we have recovered 29 motorcycles.
“After the Supreme Court judgment, the protesters were aggrieved and they blocked the roads, burning tyres and thereby obstructing vehicular movements and disrupting business activities. That was why they were arrested.
“A total of 30 females and eight males were arrested. 29 motorcycles were also recovered.
“The suspects were immediately taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Lafia where an investigation was carried out and they were charged to court for prosecution.
“The court has remanded them in prison custody pending their bail determination on Monday,” Nansel said.
The PPRO urged residents of the state to go about their legitimate businesses without any fear.
He said the command was working in synergy with other sister security agencies to ensure that the entire 13 Local Government Areas of the state remain peaceful.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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