Media organisations, media associations and professional bodies including civil society organisations have expressed concern and strong condemnation over the recent unlawful arrest, detention, brutalisation and torture of Segun Olatunji, Editor of First News newspapers, by military personnel in response to stories published by the media outlet.
A statement jointly signed by several heads of media houses and associations including President, Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria and President, Nigerian Press Organisations, Mallam Kadiri Yusuf, Executive Secretary, Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria , Doctor Yemisi Bamgbose, President, Nigerian Guild of Editors, Eze Anaba, National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Comrade Chris Isiguzo,
and Director, SERAP, demand a speedy, public, transparent and independent investigation into the case as well as the brazen disregard for the Constitution and the Government’s obligations under relevant domestic laws and international instruments.
The statement explains that all persons within and outside the military who are found to have been connected with the violation of the rights of the journalist and the Constitution, including those who effected Olatunji’s arrest, detention and torture, should be prosecuted before the appropriate court and punished to the full extent of the Law.
According to the statement, military personnel invaded Olatunji’s home in a Lagos suburb on March 15, 2024, handcuffed and bundled him in one of their vehicles and flown, blindfolded to Abuja where he was kept in an underground cell for fourteen days.
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