Dimeji Bankole, House Speaker
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Friday moved to arrest the Speaker of the House of Representatives , Hon.Dimeji Bankole
The operatives numbering over 20 swooped on the official residence of Bankole at Apo legislative quarters in Abuja at about noon with a view to arresting the Speaker over his refusal to honour an earlier invitation of the commission to appear before it over some petitions written against him
Bankole was said to have resisted arrest pleading that he should be allowed to turn himself in on Monday
Contacted on the issue , EFCC spokesman , Femi Babafemi , confirmed on phone that men of the anti-graft agency were at Bankole's residence"to pick him up"
Contacted on the issue , EFCC spokesman , Femi Babafemi , confirmed on phone that men of the anti-graft agency were at Bankole's residence"to pick him up"
He also confirmed that the speaker resisted arrest saying he should be given more time for him to report personally at the EFCC office
Babafemi said it took the intervention of the Inspector-General of Police , Hafiz Ringim ,for Bankole to have some respite "so that he can report based on his plea at the EFCC office by Monday"
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