Labour party governorship candidate arrested in Abuja (PHOTOS)

<p><strong>The governorship candidate of the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Labour Party<&sol;a> in Plateau state&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Yohana Margif<&sol;a>&comma; has been arrested by police officers in Abuja&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Margif was whisked away on Thursday along the busy Kubwa expressway in the Federal Capital Territory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Margif’s running mate&comma; Jack Dung Bot on Friday&comma; said that he wasn’t ready to speak because he was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;too emotional&comma;” and also &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;trying to put himself together&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A family source confirmed Mr Margif’s arrest but could not immediately state the reason for the arrest or which police station he was taken to&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;15908" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-15908" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-15908" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;08&sol;Screenshot&lowbar;20220609-195818&lowbar;Chrome-756x400-1-300x159&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"159" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-15908" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Yohanna Margif<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No one has hinted me on the details yet&period; I don’t know the station&comma; but I asked someone to tell me&comma; he promised to call back&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The report of Mr Margif’s arrest comes days after the Labour Party notified INEC of the withdrawal of some candidates&comma; including Mr Margif&comma; from the race&comma; providing new dates for the conduct of fresh primaries in the affected states&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;15909" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-15909" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-15909" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;08&sol;Yohanna-Margif-2-300x159&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"159" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-15909" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Yohanna Margif<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>A Jos-based political commentator&comma; Vilret Enoch&comma; told <em>The Gazette<&sol;em> that Mr Margif has come under intense pressure to withdraw from the race in the last few days but the candidate has rebuffed all entreaties&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There is a plan to present a new candidate to represent the party&period; I heard that he &lpar;Mr Margif&rpar; was approached to withdraw but he refused&period; The unknown candidate is also rumoured to be from the APC after he fell off with the party&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;obi-tuary-dont-harm-our-son-omatseyes-family-cries-out&sol;">Obi-tuary&colon; Don&&num;8217&semi;t Harm Our Son&comma; Omatseye Family Cries Out <&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>He however said Mr Margif’s arrest could be tied to some fraud allegations levelled against him in the past&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;