BREAKING: Niger Delta congress leader arrested
The president of the Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has been arrested over a planned protest against the declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers State.
The NDC leader is currently being held at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Rivers state following plans by the group’s leadership and members to embark on a protest.
It was gathered that the police had earlier invited Mudiaga Ogboru, the spokesperson for the NDC before extending its invitation to the president.
Recall that Ogboru had earlier condemned the declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers State and the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy and other elected lawmakers.
Following his public condemnation of the president’s proclamation, the Police invited Ogboru to the SCID for questioning regarding his utterances.
Speaking on the police action, Ogboru told SaharaReporters that he received two different invitations from the Force. According to him, one was from the Lagos State Police Command while the second one was from the Rivers State Police Command.
He said, “Actually, I received two different invitations, one from Lagos Police Command and one from Rivers State Police Command.
“It is about our planned protest against the emergency rule in Rivers. Since they could not get me, they went ahead to arrest our president in Rivers, who is living in Port Harcourt,” Ogboru said.
