No fewer than 28 members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) travelling toAbujawere arrested yesterday in Lokoja,Kogi State.
The police gave no reason for the arrest of the ACN men, who were travelling in Osun State Government House vehicles.
The party Youth Leader, Mr Rasheed Adeniji, said last night that they were stopped at the Lokoja Bridge after they protested the order by policemen to turn back.
Adeniji said the policemen demanded to know their mission inAbujaafter searching the vehicles in which they were traveling.
Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola described the arrest of members of his party on a legitimate trip to Abuja as an affront.
"It is a declaration of war on my person as head of government if people in my vehicles are harassed this way. It is beyond anybody's authority," the governor said.
Aregbesola said there is no reason for "this humiliation on my person, my office and my people".
He added: "No weapon or offensive thing was found on them. Their crime is that they were going to Abuja.
"They should tell Nigerians whether they are no longer welcome in Abuja."
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