The Nasarawa State Attorney General and Commissioner for
Justice, Mr. Innocent Lagi was on tuesday arrested by the police for jumping
the fence of the State House of Assembly.
Lagi who was denied entry into the Assembly Complex by
security officials was at the Assembly to serve officials with a court
injunction restraining the House from summoning the Chairman of Nasarawa State
Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC) and his commissioners to appear
before them.
After been denied entry, the Commissioner decided to jump
over the fence, which prompted the Legislators to order security officials to
arrest him. He was detained for about 40 minutes at the Assembly’s security
post before been whisked away in an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC)
In his response over the issue, the Police Public Relations
Officer of the State Command maintained that the Legislators had called the
Commissioner of Police to report the action which necessitated the Commissioner
been invited to the Command for an interview.
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