Nigeria, Sept. 24 -- The police in Imo State, Nigeria's South-east, have arrested and arraigned a former secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Owerri branch, Chinedu Agu, for allegedly defaming Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that the police in the state had invited Mr Agu, a lawyer, on 9 September over the alleged defamation.

Mr Agu posted the police invitation letter on his Facebook page.

In the letter addressed to him, the office of the X-Squad Unit of the police in Imo said they invited him over an alleged criminal defamation of character and conduct likely to cause breach of peace.

However, the police invitation did not disclose who the lawyer allegedly defamed.

Reacting to the poli...