The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has joined other Nigerians in condemning the arrest of Premium Times’ reporter, Samuel Ogundipe.
DAILY POST recalls that the police arrested Ogundipe on Wednesday over a report the organisation published on the probe of Lawal Daura, sacked Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS).
The police had reportedly asked Ogundipe to disclose how he obtained the letter used for a story but the journalist declined in line with the ethics of journalism.
The Ekiti Governor, while reacting to the development on his Twitter page, called for the immediate release of the journalist, urging all lovers of free speech to condemn the action.
Fayose tweeted: “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 of Samuel Ogundipe.”
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