Pic: Police arrest Nassarawa State Commissioner for fence scaling
Pic: Police arrest Nassarawa State Commissioner for fence scaling
March 27th, 2014 | by cresent
In a bid to stop the State House of Assembly from summoning the helmsman at
the Nassarawa State Independent Electoral Commission for questioning, the
Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the state, Mr. Innocent Lagi,
scaled the fence of the Assembly complex after been denied access into the
complex by security men stationed at the complex.
Mr Lagi had wanted to pass to the house leadership a court injunction restraining them from summoning the states electoral chairman for questioning on electoral matters in the state. Before he got to the House premises, the electoral chairman and his commissioners had already answered to the summon by the House.
After jumping the fence, the commissioner was detained for about 40 minutes at the Assembly’s security post before he was taken away in an armored personnel carrier .
Mr Lagi had wanted to pass to the house leadership a court injunction restraining them from summoning the states electoral chairman for questioning on electoral matters in the state. Before he got to the House premises, the electoral chairman and his commissioners had already answered to the summon by the House.
After jumping the fence, the commissioner was detained for about 40 minutes at the Assembly’s security post before he was taken away in an armored personnel carrier .
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