Police detain Katsina party chairman over call for investigation of state governorship tribunal

The Katsina Police Command on Wednesday arrested Chairman of the National Conscience Party (NCP) in the State, Abulmumini SheuSani in connection with the press conference he held on Sunday where he called for an investigation into the Katsina State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal’s verdict on the last March governorship election.

“My detention is in connection with that press conference I called,” he said.

A senior police officer who pleaded not to be mentioned told Punch that the chairman may be arraigned in court later in the day.

“We shall arraign him based on the statement he would make to us but definitely we are arraigning him before a competent court today(Thursday),” he said.

Abulmumini had on Sunday at a press conference, called for a high-level investigation on circumstances surrounding last September’s verdict of the state governorship election petitions tribunal which validated the election of Governor Aminu Masari of the All Progressives Congress.

The three-member Election petitions tribunal was under the chairmanship of Justice Hadiza Ali-Jos. Other members of the tribunal are Justices Dele Omotosho and Augustine Ityonuyiman.

ShehuSanni alleged that some members of the tribunal might have compromised themselves before the verdict was given.

“I hereby call on the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; the Chief Justice of the Federation; the President of the courts of Appeal; the Inspector General of the police; the National Director, Department of State Service; the Economic and Financial Crime Commission(EFCC);the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission(ICPC), the Attorney General of the Federation, to as a matter of urgency, to investigate this high level corruption,” he had said.