Police summon three journalists

Managing Editor, Alimosho Today, Ayomide Eweje, a erstwhile newsman with the quality organisation, Wisdom Okezie, and the Publisher, Oluwamodupe Akinola person been asked by the Nigeria Police to study to the bureau of the Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police, Zone 2 Command successful Onikan, Lagos, tomorrow, August 27, 2024, to facilitate an undisclosed investigation.

The invitation came little than 48 hours aft the State Security Service (SSS) detained Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka.

The 3 were invited done abstracted letters dated August 22, 2024, signed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Martin Nwogoh, connected behalf of the AIG successful complaint of Zone 2 office of the Nigeria Police, claiming that the bureau was investigating a substance reported to the AIG without stating who reported the substance oregon what accusation was required from those being invited to alteration them to hole adequately.

The lawman constabulary commissioner asked Ms Eweje, Mr. Okezie and Mr. Akinola to study to the serviceman successful complaint of the Zonal Monitoring Unit, stressing that “this is simply a fact-finding workout successful the involvement of justness and fairness.”

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Reacting to the invitation, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) condemned the alleged harassment and intimidation of journalists.

It says the caller incidents of abductions, arbitrary arrests, detention and different forms of attacks against media professionals by information and instrumentality enforcement agencies person reached alarming levels and are posing a sedate information to media state and ideology successful Nigeria.

In a connection issued successful Lagos by the Head of its Legal Department, Obioma Okonkwo, MRA said the nonaccomplishment of the Police to supply details successful the missive of invitation was an ambush, adding that it had identified a signifier successful galore specified invitations by the Police designed to lure journalists to the constabulary presumption lone to detain them erstwhile they study successful effect to the expected invitation.

It said that it was funny that the Police had go the limb of prime for nationalist officials and different affluent oregon almighty individuals seeking to soundlessness and punish journalists who people antagonistic reports astir them.

Okonkwo called connected the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, to enactment measures successful spot to halt the evident maltreatment of Police powers.