ONLINE PUBLISHERS DEMAND IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF PREMIUM TIMES REPORTER

The Guild condemned the arrest, and advised the Nigerian Government to lecture its security agents on the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, which confers Journalism Confidentiality Privileges on the media.

‘GOCOP demanded the release of Mr. Ogundipe and other journalists held by the Police and other government agencies without further delay’, the statement emphasised.

Penpushing also recalled that Ogundipe was arrested over a report on a correspondence sent by the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to acting President Osinbajo on the sacked Director-General of the State Security Service, Lawal Daura.