“There was a directive from the state governor and the security agencies were told to execute the directive,” Fanwo said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday.

“If someone has violated it, the security agencies do not need the governor again to give them another directive; they know what to do.

“Only the security agencies will be able to answer that (whether to arrest the senator or not); they know how they go about their operations. I am not a police offier but I am very sure that she should be asked a lot of questions about her incitements.”