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The party also accused the police of conniving with the All Progressives Congress to keep its members out of circulation.

Speaking at a press conference on Sunday in Benin, the state capital, the Director General of the Asue Ighodalo/ Osarodion Ogie Campaign Management Council, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, said the police had arrested Mr Amos Tom, and Kingsley Osahon, among others, while Odion Olaye, Chief Francis Inegbiniki, Chief Olukoga, Festus Osaigbovo, Kelly Inedegbor, have been pencilled down for arrest, having procured a ‘fake’ court warrant of arrest.

His statement reads in part, “It has become imperative to highlight the disturbing pattern of harassment, unlawful arrest, and the kidnap of chieftains of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party across the three senatorial districts of the state by some policemen suspected to be from the Intelligence Response Team in Abuja who are believed to have been paid huge sums of money by the All Progressives Congress.”

He said the police officers, allegedly led by a Chief Superintendent, have been operating outside the scope of their job, wielding AK-47 rifles and other weapons and moving around the state in Hummer buses and Hilux vans, to harass and abduct party chieftains.

He added, “These policemen have since the onset of their sinister operations arrested some of our party members, including Mr Amos Tom, and Kingsley Osahon, the Councillor representing Ward 10 in Esan North East Local Government Area, along with several others whose whereabouts are currently unknown.”

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