Olumini MacPherson

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt

Mrs Precious Macpherson, wife of Olumini Macpherson, has alleged that men of the Intelligence Response Unit(IRT) located inside the building of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad headquarters, Gudu, Abuja are forcing her husband through torture to confess that Edison Ehie, factional Speaker loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara sent him and two others to burn down the House of Assembly Complex in Rivers State on, October 29.

In an interview with journalists, Mrs MacPherson said: “He was abducted on his way back from a burial he went for at Ekaeta in Ahoada in Ahoada East local government area on December 16, 2023.

“Initially we thought it was a kidnap case because I tried calling him for two days, his phone was ringing, and he did not pick up until his phone was switched off.

“I became worried,I travelled from Port Harciurt to Ahoada to enquire from the Police station in Ahoada. They said was not up to 48 hours, therefore,  they could not declare him missing.

“On Monday December 18, 2023, I was told he is in Port Harcourt in the former SARS headquarters, Rupokwu.

The arrest of Olumini MacPherson and his alleged  torture to rope in Edison Ehie, factional Speaker loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara is coming days after the controversial eight -point Abuja peace accord that is subject of protests and litigations was signed.

Edison Ehie had raised alarm alleging there have been relentless efforts to recruit people to implicate him for crime he never committed because of his avowed principled stand to continue to support Fubara.

According to the wife, Olumini MacPherson and two others were arrested on their way from burial and transferred to Police Headquarters Abuja. He is being detained and tortured to implicate Edison Ehie as the alleged Arsonist that bombed Rivers Assembly complex.