The People’s Redemption Party (PRP) House of Representatives candidate from Bauchi federal constituency, Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi, has said police arrested 22 of his supporters on Thursday shortly after rounding up his campaign ahead of today’s election.
Addressing journalists Friday, the House of Representatives candidate said he got approval of all security agencies in the state before he embarked on the rally and expressed shock that the police arrested his supporters and invaded one of his houses where he used to hold political meetings and arrested his supporters who “did not commit any offence.”
Abdullahi, who described the incident as “condemnable,” said the arrest was masterminded by the state government to intimate him and his party members.
He, therefore, urged the Inspector General of Police to call his officers in the state to order and ask them to release the arrested party stalwarts in addition to stopping further intimidation.
However, when contacted, the spokesperson of the police in the state, DSP Kamal Datti Abubakar, said the arrested persons were suspected political thugs adding that they were caught with sticks along Wunti streets during the rally.
