The Rivers State Police Command has said it acted on a tip-off to arrest three lawyers hired by the All Progressives Congress to challenge the outcome of the March 18 governorship election at the tribunal.
The command explained that apart from the three lawyers, it also arrested five APC support staff working with the legal team.
The police said they were picked up on Saturday morning in a hotel in Port Harcourt.
The spokesperson for the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, made the confirmation on Sunday morning in a statement titled, ‘Re-arrest of lawyers handling APC election petition’.
Iringe-Koko said, “On March 31, 2023, at about 11.20am information was received that some lodgers occupying three rooms in a popular hotel were seen carrying packages in and out of the rooms, and printing what seems like INEC documents (including results).
“A video recording of the activities in one of the rooms was forwarded by the informant to the police commissioner.
“The information neither disclosed the identity of the lodgers nor who they were working for. As a responsible law enforcement agency, the police needed to act on the intelligence. Thus, on the basis of the report, the police approached the court to obtain a search warrant.
“The warrant was dutifully executed on April 1, 2023 at about 7.02am. In the course of the search, eight persons were arrested, and several documents, laptops and printers recovered.
“The arrested persons and exhibits were taken to the Surveillance Centre and...
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