On Thursday, somel Civil Society Organisations and journalists converged at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, advocating for the release of Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist currently detained under the auspices of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism.
According to PUNCH Online, the demonstrators comprised prominent figures such as legal practitioner Deji Adeyanju and pro-democracy activist Omoyele Sowore, who also contested as a presidential candidate for the African Action Congress in the 2023 general elections, alongside others.
As seen in a now-viral video on X.com Thursday, protesters carried banners with the inscriptions, ‘Free Daniel Ojukwu,’ ‘No to a police state,’ Journalism is not a crime,’ and ‘Stop the impunity.’
Ojukwu was moved to the National Cybercrime Centre, in Abuja, on Sunday by the Intelligence Response Team of the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun.
Ojukwu went missing on Wednesday, May 1, with his phone numbers turned off, leaving his whereabouts unknown to colleagues, family and friends.
Despite initial efforts by the FIJ to file a missing person report at police stations in the area where Ojukwu was last seen, his location remained undisclosed.
Condemning the act, Soyombo said, “We keep doing everything we can do behind the scenes,” adding that the abduction is “annoying.”
