Police have arrested the Member
of the Benue Assembly Representing Katsina-Ala Constituency, Hon Jonathan
Agbiye.
Agbidye was apprehended in
possession of a Toyota Hilux vehicle believed to belong to the late Justice
Tine Tur.
He’s currently being taken to
Abuja by the mobile squad.
Hon Agbidye is a member of the
All Progressives Congress, APC and he won the 2019 Benue State House of
Assembly election on the platform of the APC.
Reports from Katsina-Ala before
and during the elections said notorious kingpin and wanted man, Terwase Akwaza,
alias Gana, who is also said to have strong links with APC allegedly sponsored
Jonathan Agbidye for the election “to represent him” in the House.
Gana, it was rumoured, had
threatened that anyone who contested and defeated Agbidye would not remain
alive to enjoy his tenure in the Assembly.
As a result of Gana’s threat to
kill, the PDP candidate in Katsina-Ala who contested against Agbidye refused to
file a petition against INEC’s declaration of the APC candidate as winner of
the election.
Information has it that someone
(name withheld) wrote a petition to the Inspector-General of Police on the
suspected criminal activities of Agbidye including his ties with Gana.
The IGP, acting on the petition,
detailed his men who began to trail the Benue lawmaker till he was nabbed in
possession of the said stolen hilux vehicle.
When contacted, the state’s
Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Anene Sewuese Catherine, confirmed the
presence of IGP IRT team but yet to get the full details.
“I can confirm the presence of
IRT in Benue but not sure of the arrest yet. I will meet with the team leader
to get the full details shortly,” she said.
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