"It is a lesson that tyranny has no everlasting alliance or friendship" – Shehu Sani reacts to the arrest of APC legal professionals in Rivers

Former Kaduna Senator, Shehu Sani, has reacted to the arrest of three legal professionals submitting proceedings on the election petition tribunal for the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). 

The legal professionals, Messrs Jerry Aondo, Dr. Sobere Nelson, and Odum Eyiba, had been stated to be placing collectively the petition in a resort within the state once they had been arrested by the police on Saturday, April 1, 2023. 

“The arrest of the APC legal professionals in Rivers is deplorable and unacceptable; however that is additionally a lesson that tyranny has no everlasting alliance of friendship,” Shehu said on Twitter.

The spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the arrest in an announcement issued on Sunday morning, April 2, stated 5 APC help employees working with the authorized crew to problem the result of the March 18, 2023 governorship election within the state had been picked alongside the legal professionals early on Saturday morning in a resort in Port Harcourt.

In response to Iringe-Koko, the arrest adopted a tip-off that some unknown lodgers had been seen carrying packages out and in of the rooms and printing suspected election supplies

“The eye of the Rivers State Police Command has been drawn to the information of the arrest of legal professionals dealing with APC election issues. It is very important inform the general public of what actually occurred,” the assertion learn.

“On 31/3/23 at about 11.20 am, data was acquired that some lodgers occupying three rooms in a preferred resort had been seen carrying packages out and in of the rooms, and printing what looks like INEC paperwork (together with outcomes).

“A video recording of the actions in one of many rooms was forwarded by the informant to the Police Commissioner. The data neither disclosed the id of the lodgers nor who they had been working for.

\”As a accountable regulation enforcement company, the police wanted to behave on the intelligence. Thus, primarily based on the report, the police approached the court docket to acquire a search warrant

\”The warrant was dutifully executed on 1/4/23 at about 7.02 am. In the middle of the search,  eight individuals had been arrested, and several other paperwork, laptops and printers had been recovered.”

\”The arrested individuals and reveals had been taken to the Surveillance Centre and later transferred to the State Legal Investigation Division. An Assistant Commissioner of Police was tasked to guide the investigation crew.

“It was within the strategy of profiling them that it was revealed that three of the arrested individuals had been legal professionals. The APC State Chairman and the get together governorship candidate within the final election confirmed up on the station to tell the police that the legal professionals had been employed by the get together to arrange their papers for filling on the election tribunal

\”Subsequently, the NBA President and Normal Secretary referred to as the Commissioner of Police, who assured them that the legal professionals can be launched once they had completed making their statements.

\”“Accordingly, the legal professionals had been promptly launched on self-recognizance, whereas the opposite 5 individuals had been launched to a dependable surety.

\”In the meantime, because the investigating crew lacked the technical competence to ascertain the veracity of the suspected printed faux INEC paperwork, the State REC was requested to ship the Fee’s ICT personnel to examine and determine the paperwork.

“The Police Command needs to guarantee that after that\’s performed, essentially the most applicable {and professional} factor will likely be performed.”

The PPRO enjoins members of the general public to proceed to furnish the police with helpful data and report each suspicious motion round them.

\”The  effectiveness of Group Policing relies on collaboration and data sharing.” She added.