Three lawyers expected to appear before an Electoral Petitions Tribunal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State were reportedly arrested on Saturday over alleged possession of forged electoral materials. This is as human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana calls for their immediate release.
The lawyers, Jerry Aondo, Dr. Sobere Nelson, and Odum Eyiba, are allegedly lawyers to the All Progressives Congress (APC) who are billed to appear for the party and its governorship candidate before the tribunal on Monday.
They were currently been held at the Police Intelligence and Surveillance Unit, Ogunabali by Hypercity Supermarket , to be transferred to State CID. According to reports, they will be arraigned before a Magistrate Court on Monday. seized items from them include laptops and exhibits required for their petition defence, such as agent’s copy of form EC8 m, CTC of INEC documents.
The three lawyers were however released on Saturday night on self -recognizance after the leadership of Nigerian Bar Association NBA and other patriotic Nigerians intervened.
But the vital election documents seized from them were not given back to them.
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