Nigeria: 'How Police Aid Kidnappers', Falana

The kidnapping of journalists and their driver in Abia State has put security agencies on the spot as the Senate and Presidency put pressure on the police to check the state of insecurity across the country.

Members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) after their release: From left, Sylva Okereke, Assistant Secretary, Lagos NUJ, Adolphus Okonkwo, NUJ Zone G, Secretary, an unnamed police officer, Wahab Alabi Oba, Chairman of the NUJ Lagos Council, and Sola Oyeyipo.

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