Crime
Detained FIJ journalist, Daniel Ojukwu regains freedom
Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), has regained his freedom.
Ojukwu went missing on Wednesday May 1, his numbers switched off and his whereabouts unknown to colleagues, family and friends.
The following day, FIJ made a missing person report at police stations in the area where Ojukwu was headed, however, on Friday May 3, a private detective hired by FIJ tracked the last active location of his phones to an address in Isheri Olofin, a location FIJ now believes was where the police originally picked him up.
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Ojukwu’s family would subsequently get wind of his detention at Panti, where they were made to understand the authorities are accusing him of violating the 2015 Cybercrime Act.
Very early on Sunday, the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Inspector General of Police relocated him to the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) in Abuja.
Hours later, they moved him to the the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), where FIJ understands is “a better place than the cybercrime centre to break his resolve”.
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