Senator Akpan Udoedehe Granted Bail... IGP Plans Re-arrest

John Akpanudoedehe

Candidate of the Action Congress Party in Akwa Ibom state, Senator Akpan Udoedehe, has been granted bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja.   Justice Adamu Bello ruled on a bail application brought before him by Udoedehe lawyers on Tuesday.

The court decision came after another court granted an injunction restraining the Inspector General of police from re-arresting the candidate.

The court is still in session processing the bail for Udoedehe but according to an attorney to Senator Udoedehe, the police authorities led by the Inspector General, Hafiz Ringim, have perfected a fresh plot to have him re-arrested and charged for murder despite the court injunction.

Senator Udoedehe was arrested a day after mass violence broke out in Uyo and Ikot-Ekpene leadeng to widespread destruction of public properties and deaths.

Opposition members in the state and senior members of the ACN have condemned the orchestrated clampdown against Senator Udoedehe and his supporters in the state.

According to reports, the IGP reportedly received N500 million from the state governor, Godswill Akpabio, to help remove Udoedehe from circulation.