A sports reporter in Akwa Ibom State, Kufre Carter, has been in detention for seven days at the State Security Service (SSS) facility in Uyo, Akwa Ibom
, Kufre Carter, has been in detention for seven days at the State Security Service facility in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for allegedly making defamatory remarks against a commissioner in the state.He was arrested on April 27 when he went to the SSS office in Uyo on the invitation of the security agency. His lawyer who accompanied him was turned away by SSS operatives.
One of the charges against Mr Carter reads, “That you Kufre Carter Akpan and another now at large sometimes in the month of April, 2020, in Uyo Local Government Area, within the Uyo Magisterial District did record defamatory words against Dr. Dominic Ukpong, the Hon.
The court ruled that Mr Carter should provide a surety who is either a permanent secretary with the Akwa Ibom State government or a civil servant on grade level 17, in addition to providing a letter from his village head attesting to his identity.Mr Carter’s lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, said he believes that his client is being tortured by SSS officials and that they have been prevented from having access to him.
Before Mr Carter’s arrest, his employer, XL 106.9 FM, had issued a statement disowning him over the alleged defamatory remarks.The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Akwa Ibom chapter, has demanded Mr Carter’s release from detention.One George Udom was recently arraigned in Akwa Ibom at the same magistrate court for defamation after he wrote on Facebook that nine commissioners in Governor Udom Emmanuel’s cabinet tested positive for the coronavirus.
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