The Nigerian police has arrested Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ).
According to FIJ, he was “abducted by the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Inspector General of Police and is currently being held at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti in Lagos.”
Ojukwu disappeared on May 1, and his lines were unreachable. After a missing person report, a private investigator traced his last activity to Isheri Olofin, believed to be where police first detained him. His family later found him at Panti police station, accused of violating the 2015 Cybercrime Act.
“The arresting officers are part of the IG Monitoring Team. They said when they are done arresting the other people on their watchlist in Lagos, they would transfer him and others to Abuja, “ a relative who visited him told FIJ.
The police is yet to formally said a word on why they abducted Ojukwu.