JUST IN: Protesters storm NBA conference over assembly member-elect jailed in Enugu

JUST IN: Protesters storm NBA conference over assembly member-elect jailed in Enugu

The Independent National Electoral Commission, last Tuesday, declared Mr Ngene of the Labour Party as the winner of the rerun election held in the constituency despite currently serving a jail term in Enugu State. The post JUST IN: Protesters storm NBA conference over assembly member-elect jailed in Enugu appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Protesters storm NBA conference in Enugu, demand jailed LP lawmaker’s release

Demonstrators demanding the release of Bright Ngene, a Labour Party lawmaker in the Enugu State House of Assembly, disrupted the Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) annual conference on Monday, August 25. The protests took place on the second day of the conference in Enugu. Persecondnews recalls that Ngene, who represents the Enugu South Urban Constituency, is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence. A magistrates’ court handed down the sent…