The Police Command in Ebonyi said it arrested 16 persons including a Lebanese over alleged breakdown of law and order in the state.
The Police spokesperson in the state, Mrs Lovett Odah made the disclosure to newsmen in Abakaliki yesterday shortly after a protest by people of Akpoha community in Afikpo North Local Government Area of the state at the command.
Odah said that the arrest was as a result of a petition written by some stakeholders of the community over an alleged business deal with a Lebanese Company.
“We received a petition from some stakeholders of the community over a land deal with a Lebanese company by a section of the community.
“We intervened to avert a blood bath between rival groups in the community and we have commenced investigation into the alleged ‘business deal’ with a view to finding solution to the issue,” she said.
The police spokesperson said that the land in question was in dispute.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
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