Daily Trust reporter Tunji Omirin who was arrested yesterday by operatives of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri has been released, the Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief of the paper, Malam Naziru Mikailu, confirmed last night. Read more: dailytrust
reporter Tunji Omirin who was arrested yesterday by operatives of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri has been released, the Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief of the paper, Malam Naziru Mikailu, confirmed last night.“He was questioned by the military over a story he authored concerning activities of the Boko Haram insurgents,” he said.in 2011 and reporting from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, was reportedly whisked away to the Nigerian Army 7 Division Maimalari Cantonment headquarters.
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