Premium Times said Ogundipe was brought before a magistrate’s court in Kubwa, Abuja on Wednesday without the knowledge of his lawyers. “They brought me to a magistrate court in Kubwa where they arraigned me. Jones Abiri, another Nigerian journalist, was detained for two years without trial over allegations he was linked to militants in the oil-rich Niger delta. After a public outcry he was finally arraigned in an Abuja court this week. Abiri, the publisher of Weekly Source magazine, is due to appear in an Abuja court on Friday for a hearing.

Source: The Guardian August 16, 2018 11:15 UTC