Akwa Ibom govt throws journalist in jail for taking photos
A female journalist in Akwa Ibom State, South-South Nigeria, has been thrown into jail for taking photos of task force officials who raided a city spot.The journalist, Mary Ekere, has so far spent two nights in the prison as the journalists’ union in the state battles to secure her freedom.She was walking past a popular recreational spot called Ibom Plaza, in Uyo, the state capital, when she saw officials of Akwa Ibom government task force raiding the spot.
The task force is under the state government’s Environmental & Waste Management Agency headed by a man named Prince Ikim.The journalist was arrested on Monday around 12:30 p.m. and later remanded in the Uyo prisons the same day.The journalists’ union in Akwa Ibom made frantic but unsuccessful effort to secure her release, on learning about her arraignment.
Ms Ekere met her bail conditions but was taken back to the prisons because the magistrate had left without signing the bail documents, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.“We don’t even know how they threw her into the prisons in the first place,” Mr Etuk said. “They took her to a police station, from there to the court, the magistrate was not there, so they took her to the prisons.”
“The State Council demands her unconditional release on or before noon on Wednesday,” the union said in the statement.
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