The Plateau State Police Command has revealed that the arrest of the embattled Labour Get together aspirant, Yohanna Margif, was not politically motivated. 

Mr Margif was whisked away by armed policemen on Thursday in Abuja. 

A member of the family who spoke to Peoples Gazette confirmed the arrest, however couldn’t instantly verify the explanation for the arrest. 

Although his arrest was initially tied to his refusal to relinquish his ambition to run because the occasion’s flag bearer, the police within the state has launched a press release revealing the true cause for his arrest. 

In keeping with a press release issued on Saturday by the spokesman of the Plateau State police command, DSP Alfred Alabo, Mr Margif’s arrest was over allegations of alleged fraud by his enterprise affiliate, E.C. Gajare. 

“Amb. Margif was criminally reported in opposition to his enterprise affiliate, one E.C. Gajare who alleged that Amb. Margif issued him a dud financial institution cheque over a enterprise deal they’d in latest time, therefore the Police invited the Amb. Margif to reply the allegation levied in opposition to him to which he confirmed to be true,” the assertion stated. 

Previous to the discharge of the assertion by the police, a Jos-based political commentator, Vilret Enoch told The Gazette that Mr Margif’s arrest couldbe tied to allegations of fraud levelled in opposition to him up to now. His remark confirms the assertion by the police. 

Whereas a brand new candidate, Dr Patrick Dakum, has emerged because the Get together’s flag bearer, Mr Margif’s operating mate, Mr Jack Dung Bot instructed The Gazette through a textual content message that “ the Margif/Jack nonetheless stands firmly.”

Mr Margif has additionally refuted claims that he had stepped down from the race as LP’s flagbearer, per a Tribune report.

Addressing journalists on Sunday, Mr Margif admitted that he was approached by some people to relinquish his place from the race however he declined. 

He stated Mr Dakum’s emergence as his alternative got here to him as a shock, including that the “kangaroo association” was laughable and borne out of desperation.