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Buba Galadima, Spokesman of Main Opposition Candidate Atiku, ‘Whisked Away’ By Masked Security Operatives

  • Date of Occurrence
    February 24, 2019
  • State/Country
    Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
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Some masked men suspected to be from the Department of State Services have arrested a Spokesman for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, Buba Galadima.

It was learnt that he was arrested by some men who alighted from a grey tinted Honda car, in the Wuse 2 area of Abuja shortly after leaving his house.

Galadima’s arrest occurred minutes after the Spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari’s Campaign Organisation, Festus Keyamo (SAN), accused Galadima of planning to announce fake results and cause a crisis.

Keyamo had called on security agents to arrest Galadima who is in his 70s.

Details
  • Date of Occurrence
    2019-02-24
  • State/Country
    Federal Capital Territory
  • Perpetrator
    Suspected Men of the Department of State Services
  • Legal Foundation
    Chapter 4. Section 35 of the Nigerian Constitution
  • Source
    https://punchng.com/masked-men-arrest-buba-galadima/
Location
  • Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

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Region
  • North Central
Rights & Freedom Violated
  • Political Restrictions
Gender of Victim(s)
  • Male
Mode of Attacks
  • Forced Disappearances, Unlawful Arrests and Detention

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