Police arrest Plateau Labour Party governorship candidate for allegedly refusing to step down for APC defector

Armed security men have arrested the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Plateau State, Amb. Yohanna Margif.

According to The Sun, Margif was arrested in Abuja on Thursday by security personnel from Plateau State Police Command and was taken to Apo police station in Abuja where he is currently being detained.

Deputy Governorship candidate of Labour Party, Engr. Dung Jack who was together with the party’s candidate confirmed the arrest.

“I was together with my Governorship Candidate in Abuja at about 7pm on Thursday moving on the highway when we saw some armed police officers who block our way and asked us to stop,” he said.

“When we stopped, they whisked away with the governorship candidate and left us there. I thought it was kidnappers that have abducted him and I decided to go to the nearest police station to report it but I was told that he has been taken to Apo Police Station.

“I moved to the station and found him there. He is safe but we don’t know why he was arrested. I was told that it was Police from Plateau State Police Command that carried out the arrest, we are waiting to know why he was arrested.”

It was gathered that Margif has been under intense pressure to step down as an aspirant for someone who lost the primary election under the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The aspirant who was said to be desperate and insisting on substituting the candidate had done everything within his power to get him to withdraw from the race but Margif has remained adamant, claiming that the ticket was not for sale as he was in the contest to win.

An unconfirmed source said the Labour Party had scheduled to hold a fresh congress in Plateau to elect a new governorship candidate for the party.