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Journalist Released From Prison After IPI Intervention

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A journalist, Ibraheem Hamza Mohammed, has been released from prison after the Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) intervened in his case.

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The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Police arrested Mohammed on May 1 after he was accused of falsely publishing the theft of N40 million from Governor Abdullahi Sule’s bedroom.

The article was published on February 22, 2024 on First News, a Lagos-based online newspaper.
The police then charged him with violation of the Cybercrime Act and secured an order for his remand at the Medium Security Custodian Centre in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, pending the commencement of trial.

However, the journalist was released Friday after a Nasarawa High Court sitting in Doma granted him bail. He spent 10 days in jail.

According to a press statement, issued by Tobi Soniyi, legal adviser/chairman, Advocacy Committee, IPI Nigeria, he will remain on bail till May 13 when the police are expected to withdraw the charges against him and discontinue the trial.

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The statement said, “To secure his release, IPI Nigeria’s delegation led by the president, Musikilu Mojeed, visited Lafia on May 6, meeting with top officials of the Nasarawa State government, including Governor Sule, attorney general and commissioner for justice Labaran Magaji and the chief press secretary to the governor, Ibrahim Addra.

“The delegation also visited and conferred with the journalist, Mr Mohammed, in prison.”

Meanwhile, the management of First News has apologised to Governor Sule over the story, saying it had since found that the said story lacked any form of truth in it and that the reporter merely concocted the story in his bid to pursue a personal vendetta against the governor.


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