PDP NEC meeting: Fubara’s loyalists threaten protest over detained Rivers lawmaker in Abuja

Loyalists to the Rivers state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara and kinsmen of a member of the State House of Assembly, Sokari Goodboy have threatened to stage a peaceful protest in Abuja over the arrest and detention of the lawmaker.

Hon Goodboy was allegedly arrested by policemen outside the venue of the Peoples’ Democratic Party National Executive Committee, PDP, NEC meeting in Abuja last week.

In a viral video released, a lady who claimed to be a member of Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s media team, said the two men who are loyalists of Governor Fubara, were arrested on the orders of a Local Government Chairman in Rivers State, Wike’s loyalist.Briefing the press weekend, a former Commissioner of Urban Development in the State and leader of the group, Dr.

Onya also called for an investigation into the arrest and urged that those seen in the viral video, believed to have orchestrated the arrest be fished out and followed up with a view to punish them in accordance with the relevant sections of the Police Act 2020.

“Failure of the IGP to ensure the release of our representative, we will be forced to seek appropriate redress as law abiding citizens from a court of competent jurisdiction to try this matter,” he said.

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