Peter Obi’s Benue visit: I was never asked to transmit letter to governor – Police commissioner

Benue State Commissioner of Police, Cletus Nwadiogbu, says the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, did not inquire him to transmit a missive notifying him of Peter Obi’s sojourn to the authorities to Governor Hyacinth Alia.

Speaking connected Channels Television’s Lunch Time Politics programme on Thursday, Nwadiogbu said the missive was presented to him by members of the NDC who visited his bureau to pass the constabulary bid astir Obi’s planned accomplishment successful the state.

According to him, the accusation was chiefly for information arrangements.

He stated that NDC members initially informed his Police Public Relations Officer that they intended to sojourn him, but arrived astatine astir 5:30 pm, aft waiting respective hours.

“On that precise day, my PRO came to maine and said members of NDC said they are paying maine a visit. I said, well, I americium presently successful the office, and the PRO said they are coming by 3 pm. I said ‘Okay.’

“We waited from 3 p.m. to 4 to 4:30. Eventually, they arrived astir 5:30, erstwhile we were astir to permission the office. They visited me; by the extremity of the discussion, they presented maine with a missive and told maine the main contented that brought them: that the statesmanlike campaigner is going to beryllium successful municipality by 8 americium the adjacent day.

“I said, ah, we don’t person constabulary kept successful immoderate country oregon store oregon similar a yam barn. All our men are ever engaged connected duty. Everywhere successful Niger...