Some overbearing operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps have assaulted and unlawfully detained three journalists and a legal practitioner in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The detained journalists are; the Chairman of the Association of Kwara Online Media Practitioner, Salihu Shola Taofeek who doubles as the Publisher of Informant247 online Newspaper, Salihu Ayatullah (Editor, Informant247) and Eyitanwa Lawal, a lawyer turned journalist with the SOBI 101.9FM Ilorin.
January 28, 2023Some overbearing operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps have assaulted and unlawfully detained three journalists and a legal practitioner in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
“On getting there, we were told it was a family issue and directed to the Peace and Conflict Resolution unit of the Command. At the unit, we were told that the detainee fought with the wife of one of their officers simply identified as Kannike, thus warranting his detention. We were redirected back to the station office.
“That harmless reaction to their earlier comment about us being their customer obviously infuriated officers, thus they called their colleagues numbering about 30, who all dashed towards the ‘station office’.
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