The Rivers State Police Command has freed three lawyers of the All Progressives Congress after arresting them in a hotel room on Friday night, where they were said to be working on the election petitions of the APC governorship candidate, Tonye Cole, to be filed at the tribunal.
Late Saturday, however, the Rivers State chapter of the APC through its spokesperson, Darlington Nwauju, said the lawyers alongside five other support staff had been released. However, it was gathered that the election documents and laptops, which the lawyers used for their jobs, were withheld by the police.
The Rivers APC governorship candidate for the 2023 elections, Cole, who also confirmed the release of the lawyers, vowed to remain at the State CID till the documents are recovered from the police. He said, “It’s past 10pm on Saturday 1st of April, I have been at the state CID all day since they arrested our lawyers this morning at 7pm, we’ve been pursuing this case.
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