Police arrest Nasarawa Commissioner for jumping state House of Assembly fence

Posted on March 26, 2014 Updated on March 26, 2014

Lafia — The Nasarawa Police Command, Tuesday,
arrested the Nasarawa State Attorney General and
Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Innocent Lagi, for
scaling the fence of the State House of Assembly to
serve a court order.
Lagi was at the Assembly to serve the officials with a
court injunction restraining the House from
summoning the chairman of Nasarawa State
Independent Electoral Commission, NASIEC, and his
commissioners to appear before them.
However, the News Agency of Nigeria, reported that
he was not allowed to enter the premises by the
security officers.
The Attorney-General, after being denied access to
the complex, decided to jump over the fence, which
prompted the legislators to order security officials to
arrest him.
It was also reported that before Lagi arrived at the
Assembly complex, the Chairman of the commission,
Dr. Abdullahi Modibo, and five other commissioners
had already responded to questions raised by
members on the conduct of the exercise.