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Nigerian police arrest, briefly detain 5 staff members of Peoples Gazette in Abuja - Committee to Protect Journalists

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CPJ: Nigerian authorities should cease harassing employees of the Peoples Gazette and reform the country's laws to decriminalize defamation. Police arrived at the privately owned news website's office in Abuja, the capital, and arrested assistant managing editor John Adenekan. Police returned about 30 minutes later and arrested four more people: reporters Ameedat Adeyemi and Sammy Ogbu, and administrative staff members Grace Oke and Justina Tayani.

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Peoples Gazette’s Abuja office raided, editor, 4 others arrested – P.M. News

The action of the police came days after an Abuja-based Publisher and a proxy of a Buratai, Isah Bello sued Peoples Gazette for allegedly defaming the Ambassador to Benin Republic.

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According to the newspaper, John Adenekan, assistant managing editor, and Grace Oke, an administration department personnel, were released on Friday evening.

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Police arrest Peoples Gazette journalists over alleged defamation

Five editorial staff members of Peoples Gazette, an Abuja-based newspaper, have been detained by the Nigeria Police Force...

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JUST IN: Police raid Peoples Gazette's main office in Abuja, arrest editor, four other staff members

The officers declined to state the reason for their onslaught but demanded to see Managing Editor Samuel Ogundipe and reporter Adefemola Akintade.

2 years ago
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Nigerian police arrest, briefly detain 5 staff members of Peoples Gazette in Abuja - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, July 22, 2022 — Nigerian authorities should cease harassing employees of the Peoples Gazette and reform the country’s laws to decriminalize defamation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. Mid-day on Friday, July 22, police arrived at the privately owned news website’s office in Abuja, the capital, and arrested assistant managing editor John...

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Police Raid Peoples Gazette, Arrest Editor, Four Others

"The officers returned to the office to arrest four other staff members, Ameedat Adeyemi, Grace Oke, Sammy Ogbu and Justina Tayani.

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