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Police Detain 20 Lawmakers over Accident

THISDAY ONLINE: "About 20 members of the House of Representatives were Thursday night in Abuja detained by Police authorities following a road accident involving their colleague, Honourable Sule Kokori, and a plain-cloth police officer suspected to be an Assistant Superintendent.
The lawmaker involved in the crash, according to eye witnesses, collided with the police officer, who was said to be driving without headlights at night, in Asokoro."

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