The Borno State Police Command on
Friday said it arrested a governorship aspirant in Borno State, Alhaji Grema
Terrab, over allegations of murder and inciting disturbances.
Terrab was apprehended on Tuesday by SARS personnel at an event attended by
former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.
However, the Commissioner of
Police, Mr Damian Chukwu, in a statement obtained by NAN on Friday in
Maiduguri, said the arrest was necessitated by the murder and other allegations
against the politician.
Chukwu said “The command wishes
to state categorically that while it is true that one Alhaji Grema Terrab has
been arrested over his role in the offences of culpable homicide, inciting
disturbances and sundry other offences, which occurred at his residence on 15th
April, 2018, most of the claims in the report under reference are false in its
entirety.
“It is worthy of note that
Terrab, on 15th April, 2018, organised a political event at his residential
quarters, contrary to security advice by the police.
“Expectedly, the meeting
attracted large crowd of people. In the course of the event, and right inside
his residential premises, one Maina Mustapha Babagana, a 20-year-old welder,
was stabbed to death by persons present at the event,” he said.
Chukwu explained that contrary to
speculations, Terrab did not present himself to the police to report the
incident.
He said that the politician also
refused to honour series of invitations extended to him by the police, but went
into hiding.
The commissioner added that the
police subsequently declared the politician wanted after due processes.
According to him, the police
evacuated the corpse at the politician’s resident and invited those present at
the scene of the crime for questioning.
Chukwu confirmed that Terrab was
arrested by the police on July 17, during a political visit by former Vice
President Atiku Abubakar in Maiduguri.
He noted that the suspect had
been charged to court, and assured of police commitment to be non-partisan,
neutral, fair and just in the discharge of their duties.
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