Stolen mace abandoned under Abuja flyover: Police
Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:18:am National
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The Nigerian police have recovered the mace of the Senate arm of the National Assembly, which was stolen by yet-to-be identified intruders -said to be associated with a suspended senator- who invaded the chambers of the senate during plenary session on Wednesday.
A statement by the police said the mace was found under a flyover in the capital, "when a patriotic passer-by saw it and alerted officers".
The statement by the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, SP Adeniran Aremu, said: "The police teams engaged in massive raids of identified criminal spots/flashpoints, stop and search operations, visibility and confidence-building patrols, intelligence gathering which forced the suspected miscreants to abandon the Mace at a point under the flyover before the City Gate, where a patriotic passerby saw it and alerted the police".
Aremu added that investigations had been launched and the suspects who grabbed the ceremonial staff from the chambers would be apprehended.
A spokesperson for the Senate had accused Senator Ovie Omo-Agege of sending the "armed hoodlums" insisting they committed treason. The accusation led to the arrest of the Senator by the police later, same day.
Security at the parliament has been beefed up as a consequence.
A statement by the police said the mace was found under a flyover in the capital, "when a patriotic passer-by saw it and alerted officers".
The statement by the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, SP Adeniran Aremu, said: "The police teams engaged in massive raids of identified criminal spots/flashpoints, stop and search operations, visibility and confidence-building patrols, intelligence gathering which forced the suspected miscreants to abandon the Mace at a point under the flyover before the City Gate, where a patriotic passerby saw it and alerted the police".
Aremu added that investigations had been launched and the suspects who grabbed the ceremonial staff from the chambers would be apprehended.
A spokesperson for the Senate had accused Senator Ovie Omo-Agege of sending the "armed hoodlums" insisting they committed treason. The accusation led to the arrest of the Senator by the police later, same day.
Security at the parliament has been beefed up as a consequence.
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