The senatorial candidate for the Ebonyi Labour Party, Linus Okorie, has been trending over an alleged kidnapping issue. The command’s spokesperson, Chris Anyanwu, confirmed in a statement on Monday that the politician was not kidnapped as had been previously believed but rather was arrested for a drug-related infraction. This is stated in a report that The Cable has released.
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You might remember that his unidentified whereabouts had previously been connected to a kidnapping. According to a widely circulated press announcement attributed to Dr. David Ogbonna of the Linus Okorie CaringHeart Foundation, the former representative from the House of Representatives was kidnapped on Sunday.
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Speaking about what happened, police claimed that after being informed of his kidnapping, they swiftly sprang into action but found that Okorie was on the Ebubeagu Security Outfit’s watchlist.
They also reveal that the politician had avoided numerous police arrests and invitations to respond to complaints that he had consistently distributed false information about Governor Dave Umahi.
The spokesman for the Police Department emphasised: “It is also pertinent to mention that Okorie also has a pending case in which he is implicated in a drug-related offence where the suspects allegedly acting as his agents were arrested for hard drug sales and use at his City Hub Inn, Mile 50, Abakaliki.”
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Exactly two months after the National Labour Party governorship candidate was also detained for reportedly refusing to resign in favour of an APC defector, Okorie was arrested by police.
He is running for deputy governor and Engr. Dung Jack, who was with him at the time, had verified the detention.
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The Sun reports that he was detained at the Apo police station in Abuja on Thursday after being brought into custody in Abuja by security personnel from the Plateau State Police Command.
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