at the Federal Investigation Bureau of the Nigeria Police Force, Abuja, for reciting a poem on air which was critical of the minister. CDHR said in a statement by its National President, Dr.
Osagie Obayuwana, on Monday, that when the journalist failed to turn himself in, his wife, Dorcas Jolayemi; and his brothers – John Jolayemi and Joseph Jolayemi – were all detained in Kwara State.
The statement read in part, “Mr. Jolayemi is said to have been arrested by the police at the instance of the Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on account of a poem read over the radio, considered critical of the minister.
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