Adelani Adepegba and Oladimeji RamonPremium Times and the International Press Centre have kicked against the detention of a Premium Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, by the police, and called for his immediate release. Apart from Ogundipe, Premium Times’ Editor-in-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed, and its education correspondent, Azeezat Adedigba, were also briefly detained and manhandled by the police at the SARS headquarters in Abuja over police investigation into the invasion of the National Assembly by the Department of State Services. “Premium Times especially condemns the Gestapo manner in which the Nigeria Police have taken Mr Ogundipe into custody and hereby demands his immediate and unconditional release. The Nigeria Union of Journalists also condemned the arrest and detention of Premium Times reporter. “We strongly condemn any attempt to coerce journalists performing their legitimate duties,” MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, said.

Source: Punch August 15, 2018 00:22 UTC