Secret Service arrests White House contractor over attempted murder case

- A man has been arrested in the United States at a checkpoint outside White House for being on a wanted list

- The man, Martese Edwards, was said to be involved in attempted murder case

- Edwards was said to be a contractor in the White House

The Secret Service said a White House contractor was arrested on Tuesday, June 5 after his name was found to be in a criminal database.

The 29-year-old man by the name of Martese Edwards was taken into custody at a checkpoint when a secret service member found that he was on a wanted list, NAN reports.

Legit.ng notes that the Secret Service did not say which charge Edwards was facing, but the database of Prince George’s County showed that a man of the same name was charged with attempted first-degree murder.

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The Secret Service did not reveal the nature of Edwards’ work inside the White House, but said he was turned over to District of Columbia police, which will later transfer him to Maryland police.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, said that the US President Donald Trump’s invitation to President Muhammadu Buhari was a proof of the cordial relations between the two countries.

Mohammed made the statement in New York during his engagements with media and a couple of think-tank in the US.

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The minister was in the US to showcase some of the achievements of the Buhari’s administration to the US and the world.

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Source: Legit.ng