The Nigeria Police Force has arraigned the detained Owerri-based radio journalist and rights activist, Chinonso Uba, popularly known as Nonso Nkwa, before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Uba was picked up in Owerri on July 27, 2023, and has been detained at the Police Force Headquarters, Abuja for the last three weeks without having access to his family members and lawyers. He was on Wednesday arraigned on two counts bordering on insulting Governor Hope Uzodinma and Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo.
He was on Wednesday arraigned on two counts bordering on insulting Governor Hope Uzodinma and Niger Delta militant leader, Asari DokuboThe Nigeria Police Force has arraigned the detained Owerri-based radio journalist and rights activist, Chinonso Uba, popularly known as Nonso Nkwa, before a Federal High Court in Abuja.
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