The Nigeria Police has stressed that they have no plans to apprehend the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over a petition they received alleging that the lawmaker forged a document of the Senate.
In a statement issued by the Force Headquarters, it was disclosed that rather than arrest Ekweremadu, he would be invited for questioning with his other colleagues fingered in the petition “at their convenient time and venue.”
The statement further disclosed that the “matter was referred to Force CIID Abuja for investigation.”
“In line with the policy of the Police leadership of gathering evidence before invitation, a letter was sent to the Clerk of National Assembly to FACILITATE A MEETING of some principal Senate members/Clerk with Police investigating team headed by DIG FCIID at THEIR CONVENIENT TIME AND VENUE,” the statement said.
The Police then declared that, “No plans to arrest Deputy Senate President,” explaining that “NPF have healthy respect for democratic values.”
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