{"id":26422,"date":"2020-06-19T15:49:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=26422"},"modified":"2020-06-19T15:49:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:49:02","slug":"police-arrests-cupp-spokesman-ugochinyere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrests-cupp-spokesman-ugochinyere","title":{"rendered":"Police arrests CUPP Spokesman Ugochinyere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, the Spokesman for the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force.<\/p>\n<p>Ugochinyere was arrested yesterday at his residence in Abuja in connection with the allegation of bribery made against the House of Representatives and the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement made available to DAILY POST by his team of lawyers on Thursday, who claimed that the CUPP Spokesman was manhandled while being arrested.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest happened despite a Federal High Court in Abuja, on June 4, restricting the police and the Department of State Services, DSS, from arresting the opposition party\u2019s Spokesman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, the Spokesman for the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force. Ugochinyere was arrested yesterday at his residence in Abuja in connection with the allegation of bribery made against the House of Representatives and the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila. 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