The Police Command in Benue has denied the allegation making the rounds that it planned to arrest Dr. Aondoakaa Asambe, a Makurdi-based activist and Convener, Benue Alliance for Good Governance (BAGG).
The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene, denied the allegation in an interview on Monday in Makurdi.
Anene said that the allegations that the command had arrested two activists and was planning to arrest more was also false.
“To the best of my knowledge, there is no such plans,” she said.
Asambe in a statement raised alarm that the Police were after him and other dissenting voices in the state.
He also alleged that the Police had arrested and whisked some of his colleagues to Abuja, insisting that he was currently under close surveillance
He further alleged that the police personnel on Saturday besieged his brother’s residence, located at at High Level area of Makurdi waiting to arrest him.
The converner, who also denied recieving any invitation from the command, described the action of the Police as an attempt to gag Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the state.
