The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) on Monday condemned the abduction of Nigerian journalist Stanley Ugabe by the Nigerian police and demanded his immediate release.
On 3 July, PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Ugabe, a journalist with the online news platform Secrets Reporters, was abducted from his residence in the Jikwoyi area of Abuja. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) linked the disappearance to a recent investigation published by his organisation.
CJID’s press statement, released by Deputy Director, Journalism Programme, Busola Ajibola, confirmed that the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) detained Mr Ugagbe “for six days without any formal or public communication from the police.”
The statement also noted that the NPF-NCCC issued a formal letter of invitation to the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Secret Reporters, Tega Oghenedoro, today (Monday).
In the letter, the police claimed they were investigating a case of “Espionage, Cyberstalking and Computer-related offences” involving him, the CJID said.
