Ayo Fayose, Ekiti state governor, Shehu Sani, federal lawmaker, former vice president Abubakar Atiku, and others have reacted to the recent arrest of premium Times reporter Samuel Ogundipe.
Ogundipe is being held by the Special Anti-robbery Squad(SARS) unit for leaking police report on sacked boss of Department of State Services(DSS), Lawal Daura.
The Premium Times reporter was arrested on Tuesday for refusing to disclose his source.
See their reactions here
Fayose
The arrest and detention of Samuel Ogundipe of @PremiumTimesng by the police must be condemned by all lovers of freedom of speech and of the press. I join other well meaning Nigerians to call for his immediate release.#FreeSamuelOgundipe
— Peter Ayodele Fayose (@GovAyoFayose) August 15, 2018
Omokri
Dear @ProfOsinbajo,
On the same day you ordered the police to overhaul SARS, SARS still arrested Samuel Ogundipe, a @PremiumTimesng journalist because of a story. Please consider this as evidence that SARS needs to be scrapped and not overhauled. #EndSARS https://t.co/MZ2VF8GumH
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) August 14, 2018
Fani Kayode
I urge @ProfOsinbajo to order the release of Samuel Ogundipe of @PremiumTimesng. I urge him to order the release of Sheik El Zak Zaky and Col. Sambo Dasuki. I urge him to declare Miyetti Allah a terrorist organisation, order the arrest its leaders and bring them all to justice.
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) August 15, 2018
Shehu Sani
I stand for Samuel Ogundipe and I call for his unconditional https://t.co/HpHqJWz5sv press is the fortress and the Bastion of democracy.@PremiumTimesng @AmnestyNigeria
— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) August 15, 2018
Atiku
The arrest and detention of @PremiumTimesng’s reporter by @PoliceNG for his refusal to disclose his source to a story raises serious concerns about the preservation of the confidentiality of sources. I call for the protection of press freedom as guaranteed by our constitution.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) August 15, 2018
via: INFORMATION NIGERIA
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