Caption: Jones Abiri (right) with his lawyer, Samuel Ogala, shortly after his release by the SSS in Abuja on Monday, April 1, 2019.
Jones Abiri with his lawyer, Samuel Ogala, shortly after his release by the SSS in Abuja on Monday, April 1, 2019.A Nigerian journalist, Jones Abiri, who was arrested on Saturdaty by armed men suspected to be operatives of the State Security Service has been released.
“He has just been released around 2:00 p.m.,” lawyer Samuel Ogala told PREMIUM TIMES, adding that terms of the release would be disclosed later. The SSS initially denied knowledge of the arrest, but those who were with him insisted the agency was responsible.
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