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| Mike Omeri |
Mr
Mike Omeri, the Coordinator, National Information Centre, said on Wednesday
that the 486 people arrested by security operatives on Sunday, in Abia, were
travellers.Omeri disclosed this at a joint news conference organised by the
centre in Abuja.
The coordinator said the arrest of the travellers was not
targeted at any group of persons or individual, but done in view of the general
security situation in the country.He said when the suspects were interrogated,
one of them, who had been on the watch list of the Department of State Security
Services (DSS) since 2007, was identified.Omeri said that the incident further
led to the questioning of the suspects, who were travelling in “a convoy of
over 30 buses with none of them having up to N1,000.
“Clearly,
their mission was suspicious and had to be thoroughly investigated; we,
therefore, appeal for the understanding of the public in allowing our security
agencies carry out their legitimate duties.’’On June 21 governorship election
in Ekiti, the coordinator said contrary to reports, the DSS did not arrest any
person in the state over alleged thumb printing of ballot papers ahead of the
poll. “The
service (DSS) has not seen nor apprehend anyone with ballot papers.“Politicians
are hereby cautioned against dishing out false information through the media
with a view to overheating the system.’’
Source: Prime Chronicle
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