over arrest hours before primaries
By Dayo Johnson Akure
Hon. Ayodeji Arowele, a two-term member of the Ondo State House of Assembly and APC aspirant for Owo/Ose Federal Constituency, has sued the Inspector General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force over his arrest a few hours before the party’s primaries on May 16, 2026.
Arowele, through his lawyer Chief Kunle Ijalana, filed the suit under Order 11 Rules 1, 2, 3 and 5 of the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Procedure Rules.
Defendants include the NPF, ASP Ebito Ephraim, CSP Hilary Mazi, and Mr Yusuf Sanya Isiaka, who allegedly instigated the petition against him.
