MILITARY YIELDS TO PRESSURE, FREES ABDUCTED LAGOS EDITOR
Military authorities, on Thursday, yielded to pressure and released the Editor of FirstNews, Segun Olatunji, who was abducted from his home in Lagos State on Friday, March 15, 2024.
He was released to some media stakeholders, including Yomi Odunuga of The Nation newspaper and Iyobosa Uwugiaren of Thisday Newspaper in Abuja on Thursday after sustained pressure from the media.
They were asked to guarantee that they would make Olatunji available if needed again.
The International Press Institute, the Nigeria Guild of Editors, and Olatunji’s employers had in separate statements, faulted his incarceration, asking authorities to either release the editor or charge him to court.
Recall that Olatunji, a former Kaduna State correspondent, was abducted by men in military uniform from his home in the Iyana Odo, Abule Egba area of Lagos State.
The IPI, on Wednesday, said it traced Olatunji to the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency.
The DIA is an agency under the command of Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye, who reports to the Chief of Defence Staff.
The media stakeholders will address journalists by 11am in Abuja on the development.
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