#FreeDanielOjukwu Protest Kicks Off in Abuja

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#FreeDanielOjukwu Protest in Abuja. 
Credit: X/@fisayosoyombo

The continued detention of an investigative journalist, Daniel Ojukwu is generating a lot of reactions on and off social media. 

The latest development is the protest by civil society organizations and journalists at the Force Headquarters in Abuja this morning, 9th May, 2024.

A snippet of the protests as it kicks off was posted by the founder and editor-in-chief of Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo Soyombo


 

Daniel's arrest and detention has also been criticized by Human Rights Activist and Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele SoworeSowore.  Sowore, while answering questions on Arise TV yesterday spoke on why the investigative journalist was arrested. 


Sowore in another post on X, said the journalist was granted bail but the Police refused to release him even after all contains were met. 

He said, "This was detained @fijnigeria’s Daniel Ojukwu three days ago, we had met him at the @PoliceNG detention location, they brought him out of his cell with a promise to release him if we provided a single surety, yesterday the @Policeng went on wild goose chase visiting the home and offices of the single surety, a high ranking official of the @UnionNuj upon completion of the “verification,”they refused flatly to release him to the official. We learned later that the IGP, Kayode Egbetokun was personally behind his detention because his publication @fijnigeria linked the IGP to a powerful smuggler in Nigeria's southwest. @Princemoye1 #FreeDanielOjukwuNow"




Every Nigerian should speak up against this injustice. #JournalismIsNotAcrime

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