Awka – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), Malam Nasir el-Rufai, was on Saturday in
Awka prevented from moving out of his hotel room to
monitor the Anambra Governorship Election
currently ongoing.
el-Rufai said at the `Finotel Hotel’ where he lodged
that some armed men of the State Security Service
(SSS) restrained him from moving out of the hotel to
monitor the election.
He said:“I arrived in Awka by 7 p.m. on Friday and
had a brief session with the APC candidate, Sen.
Chris Ngige. When I came out to have my dinner, I
saw three heavily armed SSS officers at the hotel.
“I asked them why they were following me; they told
me that they were protecting me because Awka is
not safe.
“I told them that I came with my own security. This
morning, as I was about to have breakfast, they
blocked the corridor and tried to restrain me from
going out but I pushed by and went to the restaurant
to eat.
“After my breakfast, I will be going to the APC
Situation Room in town to monitor the election. I am
being unlawfully detained here,’’ he said.
One of the SSS men entered the restaurant and
confiscated the reporter’s tape recorder and deleted
the recorded interview before returning it to her.
When contacted on telephone, the Director of SSS in
the state, Mr A.U. Okeiyi, confirmed the report,
saying that el-Rufai was being protected.
“el-Rufai is not an ordinary person. If anything
happens to him, they will blame the security,’’ he
said.
Heavily armed security men were seen guarding the
premises of the hotel. (NAN)
Source http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/anambra-election-sss-detains-el-rufai-awka/#sthash.LSP4P5NX.dpuf

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