Kogi State Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, has said security operatives will determine whether Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan should be arrested for defying the state’s ban on public gatherings.
Following the event, Fanwo, speaking on Politics Today on Channels Television, on Tuesday, April 1, said the governor had given security agencies the mandate to enforce the ban.
“There was a directive from the state governor and the security agencies were told to execute the directive,” he said.
“If someone has violated it, the security agencies do not need the governor again to give them another directive; they know what to do.”
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Asked if the senator would be arrested, he responded: “Only the security agencies will be able to answer that; they know how they go about their operations. I am not a police officer, but I am very sure that she should be asked a lot of questions about her incitements.”
Governor Usman Ododo had on Monday prohibited public gatherings, citing intelligence reports of planned disruptions. Despite this, Akpoti-Uduaghan insisted on meeting her constituents for Eid-el-Fitr celebrations.
The Kogi State Police Command warned against the gathering, stating: “In view of the security threat received on the planned rally, the Kogi State Police Command is therefore advising the organisers to cancel the event so as to avoid any breakdown of law and order in the State.
“As the Command will not hesitate to apply the full wrath of law on anyone who causes disturbance of peace and order in the State.”