Fashanu claims wrongful arrest as he's held in dispute over land

Ex-footballer accused of criminal conspiracy

- BY PATRICK HILL

JOHN Fashanu is on police bail after being arrested over a land dispute.

The former footballer and TV host, 62, is suspected of criminal conspiracy, threat to life, intimidation, trespass, and obtaining by false pretence in Nigeria where he now lives.

Fashanu denies the claims and is suing police for £100,000 compensation.

He accuses them of violating his rights by wrongly arresting him, his wife Vivian and his lawyer Chinyere Chigbu over what he says is a civil dispute involving land.

The drama began when a group of investors apparently agreed to pay him more than £500,000 for the 22-acre site.

After hearing the investors had sent workmen to build a perimeter fence there, Fashanu and his lawyer investigated.

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He alleges that they found the workmen being protected by police and they were both arrested after agreeing to go to a police station to sort it out.