The International Press Institute, a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, has welcomed the release of Nigerian journalist Samuel Ogundipe on bail, but demanded that all charges against him be dropped.
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The organization in a statement on Thursday by its Director of Media and Publicity, Comrade O’Seun John, described the continuous incarceration of the reporter as an assassination of the values of democracy and a stampede on press freedom.
The position of the group, which is backing the presidential aspiration of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, was stated by its Convener, Adebowale Taiwo Jante, in a statement.
Ogundipe had been in the custody of the police, which had secretly gone to court on Wednesday to have him detained till August 20
The arbitrary detention of Premium Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, signifies a deliberate attempt by the Federal Government to target progressive media for attacks.
Presidential aspirant and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore; music icon, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charlie Boy; and Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, on Thursday led protesters to the Force Headquarters in Abuja over the continued incarceration of Premium Times journalist, Samuel Ogundipe.
Premium Times Services Limited, owners and publishers of Premium Times newspaper, said statements by the Nigeria Police on the arrest of one of its journalists, Samuel Ogundipe, were misleading and prejudicial.
The News Agency of reports that Ogundipe was arrested on August 14 for alleged publication of the Inspector-General of police interim report on the investigation on the former Director-General of DSS, Lawal Daura.
Nihinlola Ayanda, Communications Coordinator, ActionAid, made this assertion in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.
The Peoples Democratic Party has called for the immediate release of Premium Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, who was arrested and detained by the police over a report.
A Federal lawmaker, Sen. Shehu Sani, has condemned the arrest and detention of Premium Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, by the Nigeria Police Force.
A statement signed by the Guild’s Publicity Secretary, Olumide Iyanda, on Wednesday also condemned the arrest by the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad and harassment of the online newspaper’s Editor-In-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed, and Education Reporter, Azeezat Adedigba, both of who have been released.
In a statement on Wednesday, CPJ urged the Nigerian Police to immediately release the detained journalist, stressing that Ogundipe is not a criminal
In the statement, IPC said it is particularly dismayed that the Police authorities want Ogundipe to disclose the source of information over a story published by the newspaper
Ogundipe was arrested and the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper, Musikilu Mojeed, harassed by the purely anti-robbery outfit on a day the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, called for its reform and the need for it to operate strictly within its mandate
The Muslim Rights Concern has called on the Nigeria Police to stop harassing Premium Times journalists.