Edo: We paid police N64m to release our party members – PDP

The Edo State section of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that it paid N64 cardinal to the Nigeria Police to merchandise its members who were arrested earlier the behaviour of the September 21, 2024 governorship election.

DAILY POST reports that the authorities president of the party, Dr Anthony Aziegbemi, made the allegation astatine a property league connected Monday successful Benin City.

According to him: “You volition callback that the constabulary were arresting our members connected the mendacious allegation of sidesplitting Inspector Akor.

“The constabulary person shamelessly released our members aft collecting astir N64 cardinal ostensibly for bail.

“Amazingly, much arrests person been made aft the election. How debased tin the constabulary spell nether this patently biased IGP heading the equipped helping of the APC.”

Aziegbemi, besides alleged that the party’s quality portion had uncovered plans by the APC to pain INEC office.

He said the intent of the property league was to alert information agencies astir the alleged APC plan.

Meanwhile, efforts to get the Edo State Police Command to respond to the allegation proved abortive arsenic telephone calls enactment crossed to the command’s Public Relations Officer, Moses Yamu, were not answered.

He, however, responded to a substance sent to his telephone number, saying”Can’t speech now, please, substance me.”

DAILY POST besides contacted connected the Zone 5 Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tijani Momoh, who simply said “call the bid PRO.”