Nigerian Police Reacts To The Arrest Of Oby Ezekwesili, BBOG Members

Posted by Odinaka on Wed 24th Jan, 2018 - tori.ng

The Nigerian Police Command of the Federal Capital Territory has spoken out on the report that it arrested Bring Back Our Girls campaigner, Obiageli Ezekwesili and some members of the group.

File photo: Oby Ezekwesili

TORI News reported on Tuesday that the co-founder of the Bring Back of Our Girls (BBOG) movement, Oby Ezekwesili, said that she was arrested by officials of the Nigerian Police in Abuja, and that the police refused to state the reason for the arrest, adding that she was detained alongside some BBOG members.

She had announced the development in a series of tweets where she wrote; “I have been arrested along with the rest of our BBOG members and now detained without a charge by the .@PoliceNG. WE are detained at the FCT command. The police here have refused to tell us why we are detained,” she wrote.

In a swift reaction to the arrest, the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) Police Command, denied report that it arrested the former Minister of Education and some members of the group.

The police in a statement by it spokesman, DSP Anjuguri Manzah said they were only brought to the Abuja command to forestall breakdown of law and order.

“The FCT Police Command wishes to clear the air and set the record straight that it did not arrest or detain Prof Oby Ezekwesili and some members of the Bring Back Our Girls group (BBOG) as being speculated on some social media platforms.

“It is pertinent to state that they were only brought to the Command to ensure there was no breakdown of law and order as some members of the group reacted violently and broke down security barriers set up by the police to restrict their protest to Unity Fountain.

“The members of the group were addressed by the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Sadiq Abubakar Bello who reiterated the commitment of the Command to protect lives and property and enjoined the Bring Back Our Girls members to go about their lawful businesses.

“After the briefing by the Commissioner of Police, the members of the group left the Command”.