Chidi Lloyd detained by police for assaulting colleague
Hon. Chidi Lloyd,
one of the star actors in the crisis that has engulfed the Rivers State House
of Assembly was yesterday detained by the Nigerian Police for brutally
assaulting his colleague, Hon. Michael Chinda.
The pro-Amaechi
lawmaker had attacked Chinda with the mace, causing him injuries that have
landed him in a London hospital.
It was learnt that
Mr. Lloyd was detained by the police when he showed up at their headquarters at
about 5p.m. Nigerian time. A source at the Rivers State Government House
said Mr. Lloyd made a statement to the police and was told to return tomorrow
for further interrogation.
On July 9, members
of the Rivers State House of Assembly had descended into a free-for-all fight,
a culmination of months-old political battles between the Rivers State
governor, Rotimi Amaechi and federal politicians, such as President Goodluck
Jonathan, First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and the Minister of State for
Education, Nyesom Wike.
Mr. Lloyd claims
that his attack against Chinda was due to provocations by Evan Bipi, the
lawmaker who led a renegade group of lawmakers to invade the House of Assembly
to attack him and his colleagues. Mr. Bipi, who is a close relative of
the Nigerian First Lady and who has described her as his “Jesus Christ,” later
bragged about the attack on a video that was captured on mobile phone on the
day of the incident.
In addition to Mr.
Lloyd, the police authorities are also investigating the Chief Security Officer
to the governor as well as his aide-de-camp.
Source: The Herald
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