THE leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for the unconstitutional release of a renowned activist and journalist, Agba Jalingo, from detention. Public Relations Officer of NANS, Comrade Azeez Adeyemi, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the student body is disturbed by the fact that Jalingo had been kept in custody for over 119 days. Adeyemi noted that Agba Jalingo was arrested on August 22, 2019, and since then has been denied his freedom. He noted that even though charged with treasonable felony among three other charges, on Friday, October 4, the journalist and human rights activist, Jalingo, filed a bail application but was refused by a Federal High Court. “Hence, the activist has been kept in custody for over 119 days even when his case is yet to be ruled upon by a competent court.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 29, 2019 16:18 UTC