Police have reportedly arrested four counsels and five support staff of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The arrest is coming ahead of their appearance at the election petitions tribunal on Monday.
According to Sunday Sun, the lawyers were detained at the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Intelligence and Surveillance Unit, Ogbunabali.
He noted that they were later transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Town, Port Harcourt.
The development was confirmed by the counsel to the APC House of Assembly candidates in the March 18, 2023 election, Tudure Ede (SAN).
He claimed that his team of lawyers had been arrested by the police in Port Harcourt.
