Court Stops Police From Arresting Wanted Governorship Candidate, Gives Reason
- A high court in Imo has stopped the police and the DSS from arresting Benard Odoh, the APGA governorship candidate in Ebonyi state
- The police had earlier declared Odoh wanted following an allegation by the state government that he was a suspect in the death of a monarch in the state
- Some hoodlums attacked and killed the traditional ruler last week, but the governorship hopeful has denied knowing anything about the incident
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Owerri, Imo - A high court in Imo state has given an interim injunction order to restrain the police and the State Security Service (SSS) from arresting Professor Benard Odoh, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Ebonyi state.
According to New Telegraph, the court issued the order to stop the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba and Sunday Olaleye, the commissioner of police in Ebonyi, and operatives of the SSS after Odoh was declared wanted.
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Why police declared Ebonyi APGA governorship candidate wanted
SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, the spokesperson of the police, in a statement on Monday, March 6, declared Odoh and nine other members and supporters of APGA in the state wanted.
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Hoodlums reportedly killed Igboke Ewa, a traditional ruler who was Odoh's supporter, last week.
But the state government accused the governorship candidate of being behind the monarch's death, and the police subsequently declared him wanted.
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On different occasions, the governorship hopeful has denied the allegation, adding that the late traditional ruler was his father and strong supporter.
According to Odoh, it was wickedness and ludicrous to associate him with the incident that took the monarch's life.
He accused the police of being in connivance with his political enemies to scuttle his chances in the forthcoming election by declaring him wanted.
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