News: Despite release orders, OLF PR head, his driver remain in police custody; Party says it notified Electoral Board, Rights Commission
By Siyanne Mekonnen
Addis Abeba, April 3, 2021 – The head of the public relations bureau of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), Batte Urgessa and his driver Wondosen Abdulkadir remain under police custody after the court released them on bail. They appeared in Burayu district court six days after their arrest on March 20, 2021. Batte and Wondosen were arrested on March 20, 2021 while visiting fellow party members detained at a police detention center in Burayu.
At the court hearing on March 25, 2021, the police accused them of attempting to forcefully release their jailed party members and having relations with the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA). The police requested additional nine days to remand and investigate them, according to OLF’s interim Public relations head, Lammi Gemechu.
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