Nigeria Police Say Missing Ebonyi Labour Party Senatorial Candidate Was Arrested Over Drug-Related Offence, Not Kidnapped | Sahara Reporters

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The Ebonyi command of the Nigeria Police Force says the Labour Party senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South in the 2023 elections, Hon. Linus Okorie was arrested and kidnapped. Okorie represented Onicha, Ohaozara, and Ivo federal constituency of Ebonyi state at the House of Representatives between 2007 and 2015 under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He said on getting to the office of Ebube Agu, the police were briefed on why Okorie was arrested, which includes his activities and utterances that allegedly incited and provoked the violence that engulfed Onicha local government area of the state.

“It is also pertinent to mention that Honourable Linus Abaa Okorie also has a pending case in which he is implicated in a drug-related offence where the suspects purported to be his agents were arrested for hard drug sales and use at his City Hub Inn, Mile 50, Abakaliki,” the statement partly read.He said that the case was later transferred to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for further actions.

 

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The NDLEA is supposed to handle the case useless policing...

Lobatan... Thiefobi disciple ,all na Igbo...

Lol

Hmmmm. Something is not right

Chiaaa nawa for this awi country...what did you expect?

Nigerian police is now NDLEA..... Cover up gone bad

Small time now na Tinubu work ?

Ebonyi: Where Ebubeagu is more effective than Police...arresting for Police; While Police keep defending their illegal activities. Ikegwuru!

I can never trust Nigerian police

But it wasn't the police that arrested him😂😂.

Nigeria police wining the war on drugs

Where was the arrest warrant?

PoliceNG has allow them self to be used by this dangerous politicians this is the reason why Nigeria citizens has zero trust on the Nigeria police.

Storyyyyyyyy😅😂😂Try harder ndi alaaaaaa🤡🤡🤡

Lol

Game played well

Imagine

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