A journalist with News Guru, Ediri Oyibo, has been admitted to hospital following his release from police detention after he was arrested for writing a report on the affair between former Skye Bank Chairman, Tunde Ayeni, and his 30-year-old mistress, Adaobi Alagwu. It was learnt that Oyibo and another journalist, Paul Utebor, were detained for seven days after Adaobi wrote a petition against the journalists and submitted it to the AIG Zone 7, Kayode Egbetokun, who has since been promoted to a DIG.
A journalist with News Guru, Ediri Oyibo, has been admitted in hospital for the last five days since his release from police detention after he was arrested…
Some lawless policemen acting on the orders of a female lawyer in Abuja identified as Adaobi Alagwu have arrested and subsequently detained the editor and a reporter of TheNewsGuru.com, Ediri Oyibo and Paul Utebor. SaharaReporters gathered that the journalists were arrested by the officers from Nigeria Police Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja on Wednesday, February 22 following a petition by Adaobi.
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) FCT Council has condemned the arrest and subsequent detention of the editor and a reporter of an online newspaper, 'TheNewsGuru.com', Mr. Ediri Oyibo and Mr. Paul Utebor respectively by the police in Abuja. This was contained in a statement signed by the Chairman, Comrade Emmanuel Ogbeche on Friday describing the arrest as unwarranted, absurd and unacceptable.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned the arrest and detention of the editor and a reporter of