Police arrest Cross River lawmaker over domestic violence, wife battery

The Cross River State Police Command has arrested Mr Ovat Dickson Agbor, the suspended lawmaker representing Obubra 1 State Constituency successful the Cross River State House of Assembly, implicit allegations of home violence.

Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Eitokpah Sunday Akata, confirmed that Agbor is presently successful custody astatine the State Criminal Investigation Department. He was picked up connected Monday greeting successful Calabar.

The lawmaker was suspended indefinitely by the Cross River State House of Assembly past week pursuing reports that helium repeatedly assaulted his wife.

Governor Bassey Otu and his woman reportedly condemned the enactment arsenic “irresponsible and unbecoming of a nationalist bureau holder.”

The Speaker of the House, Elvert Anyanbem, besides expressed outrage astatine the incident, describing it arsenic a nationalist disgrace.

Reports accidental helium personally went to Agbor’s residence to guarantee the information of the lawmaker’s wife.

In a statement, Agbor’s woman described the substance arsenic a household issue, but ac...