Hassan Barata, is in detention in Saudi Arabia, The Nation says.
Barata represented Adamawa South in the sixth Senate, having been
elected in 2011 on the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) last February but
returned to the PDP after losing his bid to pick the governorship
ticket.
According to reports, Barata claimed to be an employee of the Nigerian
Embassy when he was arrested and quizzed – a claim that was found to
be untrue.
The senator is believed to have traveled to the Kingdom a few weeks
ago, and may have overstayed when he was picked up.
He was believed to be holding an official passport on the trip.
The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service
(NIS) to retrieve diplomatic and official passports from all persons
who are not entitled to hold such documents.
-NigeriaBulletin
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