UPDATE: Governor Amaechi released, but plane remains impounded in Ondo
Rivers state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, who was earlier reported barred from travelling to Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, for a political rally and then detained for over an hour by a detachment of soldiers at Ikere, has been released.
“They have finally released him and he is currently on his way to Akure airport,” an aide of the governor said in response to PREMIUM TIMES on enquiry.
“But as he travelled, the soldiers are following him behind.”
After the governor arrived the airport in Akure, he found that his plane had been impounded. “He is currently stranded in Akure and it is not clear whether he and his entourage will be able to secure space in a commercial plane.”
The Rivers State Government had issued a statement saying Mr. Amaechi, was arrested and held hostage by security operatives in Odudu, Ondo state and was reported by NigerianEcho.
The governor, the statement said, was arrested as he made his way to Ado-Ekiti for a political rally by his Ekiti State counterpart, Kayode Fayemi.