The Guyana Police Force has rejected the statements attributed to Attorney at Law Nigel Hughes in which he claims that his client – Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Deputy Chief Executive Officer Roxanne Myers – was arrested and detained because she exercised her right to remain silent.
The Police, through Public Relations Officer Assistant Commissioner Royston Andries-Junor, said that Hughes’ statement is a distortion of the truth.
Myers was arrested on October 6 after she turned herself in at the Criminal Investigations Department Head Quarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown in the company of her Attorneys one of whom was Hughes.
The Force said that Myers surrendered after they have been actively pursuing her for over a month and even attempted to contact her at her GECOM Office. She was being sought in relation to the events following the March 02 General and Regional Elections.
However, those efforts were futile as Myers made every effort to elude the Police investigators. As a consequence, a wanted bulletin for Myers was prepared by the GPF but before it was issued, she turned up at CID Headquarters in the company of her Attorneys where she surrendered to the Police.
Further, Myers was promptly arrested for the offence of conspiracy to defraud and she was told of the allegation at the said time. She then exercised her right to remain silent.
Myers remains in police custody as the investigation continues into her actions during the post-March 2 elections incidents is ongoing.
