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Police Re-arrest [a.c.n]senator Akpan J.j Udoedehe After Court Granted Him Bail by Enouwem(m): 10:59am On Apr 01, 2011
Barely an hour after he was
granted bail by a federal high
Court in Abuja, the governorship
candidate of the Action Congress
of Nigeria (ACN) in Akwa Ibom
State, James Akpanudoedehe
was rearrested by a police
detachment within the court
premises.
Commotion broke out within the
court some minutes after the
judge, Adamu Bello ruled that the
police has no evidence to link Mr
Akpanudoedehe with the alleged
offence and granted him bail.
About 40 armed policemen
gathered around the court
premises waiting for the
politician to come out, even as
his supporters protest against
the police plan.
After waiting a while, a police
detachment entered the court to
effect the man's arrest.
Ruling on Mr Akpanudoedehe's
bail application, the presiding
judge, Adamu Bello, said the
police has no shred of evidence
to link the politician with the
alleged offence and that the plan
to hold onto the accused, while
the police go around to fish for
evidence, has no place in our law.
Kola Awodein, counsel to the
accused, told Mr Bello that Mr
Akpanudoedehe's arrest in Akwa
Ibom State and his quick
arraignment in Abuja was
designed to keep him away from
the campaign trail.
Mr Akpanudoedehe has been in
police custody since last Friday
following an order of the court
that he be remanded pending his
bail application hearing.
He was arraigned on a four-
count criminal charge bothering
on treason and felony, and
pleaded not guilty to all.
The accused, a former Minister of
the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),
was arrested over last week's
clash between supporters of his
party and those of the PDP in the
state during which many people
were killed and property worth
millions of naira were damaged.

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