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NEWS and REPORTS => Nigerian News => Topic started by: Shola Sholaz on Mar 09, 2013, 11:52 PM

Title: Police quiz ex-Gov Yerima over 'inciting' comment
Post by: Shola Sholaz on Mar 09, 2013, 11:52 PM

Kaduna State Police Commissioner  (CP), Mr Olufemi Adanaike, Saturday, subjected Senator Ahmed Rufai Sani, former governor of Zamfara State, to almost  three-hour questioning  over a comment he made during a live programme on Federal Radio Corporation (FRCN) in which he said that should the newly formed All Progressive Congress (APC) was not registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), leaders of APC would stage  peaceful demonstration similar to that  organised in Cairo's Tahir Square, Egypt.
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Yerima was escorted to the commissioner's office by four vehicles of Operation Yaki around 1:10pm and left after writing a statement around 4pm.
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Kaduna police boss later expressed disappointment with journalists' interest on the issue, saying the incident  was blown out of proportion.
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Said Adenaike:"Let me start by saying that I am seriously disappointed at journalists, in the sense that you are blowing nothing out of proportion
"If you put yourself in my shoes –  you are the commissioner of police of a state, and you start getting calls from concerned  citizens of the state that somebody has made an inciting statement on the radio, will you go to burukutu (local brew)  joint and start drinking? You have to make a move.
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"All I did was to go to the radio house. And I met the distinguished senator and I said, 'Please, I want to know what you said'. He said, 'no problem, let me finish'. And I will come with you to your office.