PHOTOS: CSOs protest at force headquarters, demand release of FIJ's Daniel Ojukwu

Some activists and civil society organisations on Thursday protested against the detention of Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism , at the force headquarters in Abuja.The activists held aloft placards with inscriptions like: ‘Free Daniel Ojukwu now’, ‘No to a police state’, while chanting solidarity songs and slogans.

Led by Bukky Shonibare, a lawyer; and Omoyele Sowore, a politician and publisher of Sahara Reporters; the protesters urged “the Nigerian police to stop unlawful arrests and respect press freedom”.“On May 1, Daniel Ojukwu was unlawfully abducted by the Nigerian police. He was taken to Panti in Lagos. “His parents did not know he had been taken, his phone was taken away from him, his family and friends did not know where he was for three days until somebody found out he was in Panti.“We also condemn the incessant abuse of the remand order process which has been observed to be the new machinery with which the Nigerian police continuously violates the rights of the Nigerian people.”

The FIJ management said after tracking his devices, it was discovered that the detained journalist was apprehended by the intelligence response team of the inspector-general of police at the state criminal investigation department in Lagos. Fisayo Soyombo, FIJ founder, said Ojukwu was arrested over an investigative report published in November 2023, which the police claims violates the 2015 cybercrime act.Click on the link below to join TheCable Channel on WhatsApp for your Breaking News, Business Analysis, Politics, Fact Check, Sports and Entertainment News!

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