The Deputy Editor of Daily Trust on Sunday, Danjuma Lawan Adamu, has
been arrested & detained by security officers in Niger Republic
while he was on an assignment investigating the route used by Nigerian
youth to migrate to European countries. A statement from the media house
says Danjuma was arrested and is being detained over allegations of
inappropriate travel documents.
Daily Trust executive director/editor-in-chief Malam Mannir Dan Ali in a statement quoted Danjuma as saying ...
"I got necessary travel approvals from the Nigerien consulate in Kano,
Nigeria and at every checkpoint; I presented them upon request and was
allowed to proceed. I had passed up to 10 checkpoints and was cleared
accordingly until I approached Agadez. The security alleged that the
document authorizing my journey was signed but wasn’t stamped. I have
been detained since then and am left wondering how I should be punished
for a fault of no mine. As an experienced cross border reporter, Lawan
Danjuma sought and got the relevant documentation from the Kano
Consulate office of the Nigerien embassy after stating his mission to
Agadez"
Dan Ali added that "It was the same documentation that he used at
different check points including the Nigeria/Niger border post at
Kongolom, Katsina state and was only stopped and arrested on reaching
Agadez,”.
Meanwhile Daily Trust is calling for the immediate release of Danjuma.
"We see the arrest as an infringement of his right as an ECOWAS citizen
and have since reached the Nigerien authorities to ask for the release
of the reporter. We are shocked that more than 24 hours after the
arrest, he still is being held and his freedom is being curtailed”
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