Nigeria: Why Soldiers Detained Guardian Newspaper Driver - Army

29 October 2020

Charles Ekeocha, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations Officer, 6 Division Nigerian Army, said the detention of Saifu Ahmadu, a driver with Guardian Newspaper, was not deliberate.

Mr Ekeocha told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Thursday that Mr Ahmadu was detained alongside others during an operation by the Army in Oyigbo and some parts of Obio/Akpor LGA.

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