Local gin sellers decry police arrest of members in Aba.

Aba — Sellers of locally brewed gin, popularly called ‘Ogogoro’ or ‘kai-kai’ , have decried what they described as incessant arrests of their members by the police in Aba, Abia State.

Spokesman of the traders, who gave his name as Joe Boniface Kalu, told Vanguard that the police in Aba had been arresting their members and customers who he alleged were released on bail after paying certain amount.

Kalu said it was true that some people died in Rivers State after they drank ‘Ogogoro’ but added that it was wrong for police in Aba to have embarked on the arrest of ‘Ogogoro’ sellers and their members when there was no such death or law prohibiting the sale of the product in the city.

“We have been into this business of selling ‘Ogogoro’ for years and we have not had any problem. If some people died in Rivers State after taking it, it was not here in Aba and that should not give police the powers to come and start arresting us,” he said.