Nigerian Police Release Detained PREMIUM TIMES Publisher, Journalist



The police in Abuja late Thursday released the PREMIUM TIMES Publisher and a journalist that were arrested on Thursday afternoon.
Dapo Olorunyomi, publisher of the newspaper, was arrested alongside the judiciary correspondent, Evelyn Okakwu, at around 5:00 p.m.
They were released on bail and instructed to report at the FCT Police Command Headquarters by 8:00 a.m. Friday morning.
But a highly-placed police source said the invitation could be a ploy to detain the journalists for an extended period.
The police source said there are chances that the two could be taken before a Magistrate’s Court.
Their arrest sparked widespread condemnation, with the Amnesty International promising to launch an investigation into the motive behind it.

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