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Dum Wite, the Special Adviser on Special Projects to Governor Nyesom
Wike, has debunked the allegation that he was arrested by soldiers
during the legislative rerun on Saturday, for being in possession of
military uniform and large sum of money.
The pictures of the governor’s aide, along with three other men, went viral on the social media, as he was arrested in Khana Local Government Area with some cash and a security uniform displayed along with him.
However, Wite, who is on police bail, disclosed in Port Harcourt, on Monday, that he was neither in possession of military uniforms, nor the large amount displayed in his photograph.
This was as he blamed his ordeal on the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying the soldiers who arrested him were manipulated by the party’s candidate in Khana state constituency 2, Friday Inkee.
He also denied knowing the three men who were paraded along with him when he was arrested, saying they were arrested for an offence that was different from what he was held for.
The governor’s aide said he was arrested by soldiers at the INEC office in Bori where he had gone to lodge a complaint that election materials for his Ward 12 in Lugbara in Khana constituency 1 had been allegedly hijacked.
“I had no uniform. What you saw on the video with about three men wearing camouflage, I had no knowledge of them; I don’t know them from Adams. I was seated on the floor when they brought them.
“I think they were arrested on the road; the police can attest to that. I don’t know them; they were not arrested with me. I was beaten and kicked to the floor at the INEC office in Bori; I was not arrested from anywhere.
“I had no uniform at all. In this case, only one police uniform and it belonged to one of the four police officers that were to serve in my unit. All of them came to identify that uniform that it belonged to one of the officers there.
“What really happened was that they had been at the RAC centre in my village since last Thursday. A cousin of mine had assisted them to provide them with food, water and where to take their bath.
“On this Saturday morning, the man has gone to his room to take his bath and left his bag in the car. So when the information came that they were hijacking election materials at Bori, I just told my cousin who owns the car to let us go there.
“When they started beating us and searching his car, they saw a bag and when they emptied the content of the bag, a uniform was there and an identity card that belonged to that police officer who was posted to the RAC centre, clearly on election duties and who was assisted by the community where he was posted to,” he said.
According to him, “the man (the policeman) came and identified his uniform and said he was taken his bath and left his bag in the owner’s car. The car is not mine. The man identified his bag, containing his uniform, ID card and his Bible. They gave him his bag and allowed him to go back to the RAC centre.
“The owner of the uniform is not a fake police officer; he was posted on an election duty and he identified his bag. What is wrong in assisting the Nigerian police to work?
“The uniform does not belong to me; it does not belong to the owner of the car. The owner left the uniform in the car to take his bath and hurriedly we took the car to go and prevent the hijack of election material.”
Wite also denied being the owner of the money displayed along with his photographs when he was arrested as he claimed that the money belonged to his cousin.
The pictures of the governor’s aide, along with three other men, went viral on the social media, as he was arrested in Khana Local Government Area with some cash and a security uniform displayed along with him.
However, Wite, who is on police bail, disclosed in Port Harcourt, on Monday, that he was neither in possession of military uniforms, nor the large amount displayed in his photograph.
This was as he blamed his ordeal on the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying the soldiers who arrested him were manipulated by the party’s candidate in Khana state constituency 2, Friday Inkee.
He also denied knowing the three men who were paraded along with him when he was arrested, saying they were arrested for an offence that was different from what he was held for.
The governor’s aide said he was arrested by soldiers at the INEC office in Bori where he had gone to lodge a complaint that election materials for his Ward 12 in Lugbara in Khana constituency 1 had been allegedly hijacked.
“I had no uniform. What you saw on the video with about three men wearing camouflage, I had no knowledge of them; I don’t know them from Adams. I was seated on the floor when they brought them.
“I think they were arrested on the road; the police can attest to that. I don’t know them; they were not arrested with me. I was beaten and kicked to the floor at the INEC office in Bori; I was not arrested from anywhere.
“I had no uniform at all. In this case, only one police uniform and it belonged to one of the four police officers that were to serve in my unit. All of them came to identify that uniform that it belonged to one of the officers there.
“What really happened was that they had been at the RAC centre in my village since last Thursday. A cousin of mine had assisted them to provide them with food, water and where to take their bath.
“On this Saturday morning, the man has gone to his room to take his bath and left his bag in the car. So when the information came that they were hijacking election materials at Bori, I just told my cousin who owns the car to let us go there.
“When they started beating us and searching his car, they saw a bag and when they emptied the content of the bag, a uniform was there and an identity card that belonged to that police officer who was posted to the RAC centre, clearly on election duties and who was assisted by the community where he was posted to,” he said.
According to him, “the man (the policeman) came and identified his uniform and said he was taken his bath and left his bag in the owner’s car. The car is not mine. The man identified his bag, containing his uniform, ID card and his Bible. They gave him his bag and allowed him to go back to the RAC centre.
“The owner of the uniform is not a fake police officer; he was posted on an election duty and he identified his bag. What is wrong in assisting the Nigerian police to work?
“The uniform does not belong to me; it does not belong to the owner of the car. The owner left the uniform in the car to take his bath and hurriedly we took the car to go and prevent the hijack of election material.”
Wite also denied being the owner of the money displayed along with his photographs when he was arrested as he claimed that the money belonged to his cousin.
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