Former Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, has denied being arrested and detained by the police in Abuja.
In a statement on Wednesday by his media aide, Mayowa Oluwabiyi, the governor said reports about his detention on social media were false.
Mr Oluwabiyi said Yari simply honoured an invitation by the police.
“But obviously, the author of the fake news and their sponsors tried to twist the mere invitation to arrest, drill and other unpalatable words to undermine the former governor,” the statement said.
“Indeed, the authors further alleged that the former governor was brought to the Force headquarters and vigorously drilled over his reported utterances he made a few days back during a meeting held in his home village of Talata-Mafara in Zamfara State.
“His Excellency Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari as a law-abiding citizen and a former governor has never and will never breach the law of the land.”
Yari had last week said the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara would resist any illegal or unlawful arrest, harassment and intimidation of its members.
