OGUN, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)- Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Globalupfront online Newspaper, Madu Onuorah has been apprehended by police officers who were seen at his residence in an unmarked Sienna minivan.
He was taken away in the presence of his wife and children at his residence in Abuja yesterday, May 22 in a less professional way.
The reason for his arrest was not stated even as his family effortlessly demand for reasons.
Greenbarge Reporters reported that Mr Madu has been deprived of communication right saying: “The police seized his phones, thereby completely cutting him off from communication with people, including his family members.
“Information reaching us at Greenbarge Reporters online newspaper is that Onuorah was not allowed to contact his lawyer or any of his relations before he was whisked away to the Lugbe police station by the stern looking operatives.
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“It was learnt that the policemen who arrested him are not of the Lugbe Police Station, but simply dumped him at the Station and left no traces for friends and family members to reach them.”
In a confirmation statement of the arrest of the Editor by the Management of Globalupfront online Newspapers the police was urged to release him.
“The Police should release Mr. Madu Onuorah immediately and unconditionally.
“Mr. Onuorah is an experienced Journalist, former Abuja Bureau Chief of The Guardian Newspaper, former Managing-Director of The AUTHORITY Newspaper, who operates within the ambit of the law.
“That anybody who has any issue against Mr. Onuorah should approach the law court and not turn the Nigerian Police into a Gestapo outfit that bullies a man in the presence of his wife and children.
“That any second Mr. Onuorah spends in police custody constitutes a serious infringement against his fundamental rights and a continuation of the assault on freedom of expression that has become frequent occurrence in Nigeria recently.”
Greenbarge Reporters