Police Arrest, Delta Chairman, Patrick Akporuno Over Alleged Illegal Possession Of A Firearm

"But this did not go down well with Akporuno and he used an object suspected to be a cut-to-size gun to hit one of the youths who challenged him and while blood was gushing out from his head, Akporuno smartly put a distress call to men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Ozoro to come to his rescue that he's been attacked by cultists and armed robbers in his house and SARS came and arrested these innocent youths to Asaba and kept in detention for over two weeks before they were charged to court."
It was however learned that the youths, after languishing in detention for that length of time, were granted bail by an Ozoro Magistrates court but were immediately rearrested at the premises with the instructions of Mr. Akporuno, an action that was strongly condemned by the Magistrate.  They were finally granted bail a few days later.
According to a source, shortly after the release of the youths, one of them, whose uncle is said to be a Benin City lawyer simply identified as Nathaniel Oba, allegedly petitioned the PPEB boss of Zone 5, in the Edo State capital, leading to Mr. Akporuno being was whisked away for illegal possession of a firearm.
It was gathered that it took the intervention of the Bishop of Oleh Diocese, John Usiwoma Aruakpor and other prominent sons of Isoko and Delta State, to gain the release of the PPEB boss.
Contacted, the Police Public Relations Office of Zone 5, Benin City, DSP Emeka Ihenacho, who could not confirm the arrest of the PPEB chairman, simply said there may have been a petition against him, but did not disclose the reasons for the possible petition. "I was not told about his arrest, but it is possible he must have been petitioned and based on that, he was invited."