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Senior Aide To Delta Governor Okowa, 6 Others Arrested Over Attack On Police Station

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The senior spe­cial assistant to delta state gover­nor on political matters, Mr. Den­nis Okoh and six others have been arrested for allegedly mobilising youths to invade a police station in Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of the state.

It was learnt that the attack on the police station was sequel to ef­forts by the youths to secure the release of a suspected electricity transformer vandal who was ar­rested by security operatives in the area.

Police public relations officer, DSP Celestina Kalu, who con­firmed the incident on Monday, April 25, 2016, said that the suspect was arrested for vandalis­ing a transformer undergoing con­struction within the community.

“Detectives from the Kwale Police Division had swiftly arrested the suspected vandal fol­lowing a report lodged by a con­tractor at Umusadege-Kwale, that a transformer located in the area was vandalised, its gate house damaged and a 50-litre diesel sto­len from there,” Kalu told to newsmen.

On the invasion of the police station, Kalu said that while leav­ing the scene, Okoh allegedly held back the police officers, mobilised youths against them, struck and injured one of them on the elbow and “dragged the rifle” of another.

According to Kalu, “The arrested suspect escaped in the process, but they said Dennis Okoh was arrest­ed” and brought to the police sta­tion.

“Subsequent­ly, about 50 youths mobilised to the station, damaged plastic chairs, louvres, threw stones and threat­ened to torch the station.”

The rampaging youths were dispersed with the assistance of other patrol teams, while those arrested have been trans­ferred to the state command head­quarters, the police PRO said.

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