Men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad attached to the Ebonyi State Police Command, on Tuesday, arrested theHe was arrested over a report he did about military invasion of Umuogodoakpu-Ngbo in the Ohau
kwu Local Government Area of the state.
Okutu was arrested by SARS operatives at the Woodberry Hotel Abakaliki, on the orders of the Ohaukwu Local Government Council Chairman, Mr Clement Odah. Before his arrest, it was gathered that Okutu had been invited by the Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Mr Francis Nwaze, over the report.Okutu was later contacted by Odah, who asked him to meet him at the Woodberry Hotel, where he was arrested by security operatives.
Okutu, who believed he would be briefed by the council on the situation in Ohaukwu, was accompanied byAt the hotel, it was gathered that the council chairman had queried Okutu on the sources of his report and while he was still explaining to him, four SARS men emerged from within the hotel premises and arrested him.When contacted, the Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi State, CP Awosola Awotunde, confirmed Okutu’s arrest.
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