The People’s Redemption Party (PRP) house of representatives candidate from Bauchi local government federal constituency of Bauchi State Honourable Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi has alleged that police have arrested 22 of his supporters on Thursday shortly after rounding up his campaign rally ahead of today’s election.
Addressing Journalists yesterday, the house of representatives candidate he got approval of all security agencies in the state before he embarked on the rally round the and expressed shock that the police arrested his supporters and stormed one of his houses where he used to hold political meetings and captured his supporters ‘without committing any offence’.
Abdullahi who described the incident as condemnable, alleged that the arrest was masterminded by the State government to intimidate 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 and stop 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.
