Nigeria: Ozekhome Tackles Nigerian Govt Over Detention of Premium Times Journalist

Constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Mike Ozekhome, has faulted the police's continued detention of PREMIUM TIMES journalist Samuel Ogundipe, for refusing to name the sources of a story he wrote which was published by the newspaper.

In a statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria condemned the arrest of Mr Ogundipe and the earlier detention of newspaper's Editor-in-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed.

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