Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Police Detain Rivers Majority Leader, Chidi Lloyd


The Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd, on Tuesday  showed up at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, exactly seven  days after he was  invited by the police over the free-for-all by some members of the assembly.

But the  Aide-De-Camp to  Governor Rotimi Amaechi,   Debeware  Semeikumo, and  the  Chief Security Officer, Tony Iwelu,  shunned a similar invitation to them.

Lloyd, Semeikumo and Iwelu were  invited   on July 16   to explain their roles in the  July 8 free-for-all in  which some lawmakers were injured.

The Majority leader, who had earlier been declared wanted by the Rivers State Police Command in connection with the fracas, arrived at the Force Headquarters at   5. 45pm  and   was immediately directed to the Force Criminal Investigation Department, where he was asked to write his statement.

A top Police source, who confirmed the lawmakers arrival, said it was unlikely that he would be released on Tuesday as a team of investigators needed to interrogate him.

Lloyd,  who  was captured on video attacking  another lawmaker, Michael Chinda, with a  mace, had  claimed  that he was receiving treatment for an injury he sustained during the  fracas  at an undisclosed hospital.

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