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Five persons have been arrested in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State for an alleged plang to attack the house of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Yenagoa.
Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Command, Asinim Butswat, confirmed the arrest.
He said: “On the January 6, 2016, at about 1500hrs, based on a tip-off, detectives from the Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Vice unit stormed a hotel premises in Swali community, Yenagoa, and arrested five suspects.
“The suspects are Asupha Emeka, Ebipre Ebebi, Samuel Joe, Okilo Matthew and Timiere Matthew.”
The incident occurs 48 hours to the Saturday supplementary poll in Southern Ijaw local government in the state.
According to the police spokesman, the suspects are currently undergoing interrogation and that investigation was ongoing.