Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe is being held for his views which were against those of the federal government, his lawyer, Mr. Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume, has said.
The lawyer spoke at a press conference on the arrest of his client by the Department of State Services, DSS, during the week.
Among other things, Abaribe had accused the Executive arm of government of smuggling the sum of N30 billion into the 2018 budget.
The senator also stood as one of the sureties to the leader of the missing leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Said the lawyer: “Our Senator Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe, a high-ranking senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was arrested by officers of state security services.
“The articulate senator who has contributed a lot to our nation building effort is of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This man is a known strong voice of the Igbo nation; hence this is a clamp down on the region.
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“His arrest was as shocking as it was curious. As his counsel, I have, long ago, complied with DSS stipulation for meeting with its detainees…
“All they wanted to see were arms and ammunition or stored bags of ‘Ghana Must Go’ for sponsoring the said IPOB.
“Unfortunately two of the 27 items include the two handsets of two USA citizens found in the home. One of the laptops taken included that of an educationist containing examination questions slated to be set for students on June 25, 2018.
“All pleas for these questions to be copied were refused. Senator Abaribe, the surety to Nnamadi Kanu, is to appear in court on 26th June 2018, but on 22nd June 2018, Senator Abaribe was arrested and detained incommunicado.”
