More information behind the arrest of Owerri-based radio journalist and rights activist, Chinonso Uba, popularly known as Nonso Nkwa by the Nigeria Police Force has emerged. Insider sources told SaharaReporters on Sunday that Nkwa was arrested for interviewing a former General Manager of Imo State Zoological Garden, Mr Francis Abioye, who exposed how Governor Hope Uzodinma demolished the state zoo and was allegedly planning to sell the land to his cronies.
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Nigeria Police Force to release the detained Imo-based radio journalist, Chinonso Uba, popularly known as Nonso Nkwa. SaharaReporters reported on Wednesday that the force headquarters arraigned the rights activist, Chinonso Uba, before the court. Uba, who is also the coordinator of the Protect the Weak International Foundation (PROWIF), was arraigned on two counts bordering on insulting Governor Hope Uzodinma and Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo.
The Nigeria Police Force has arraigned the detained Owerri-based radio journalist and rights activist, Chinonso Uba, popularly known as Nonso Nkwa, before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Uba was picked up in Owerri on July 27, 2023, and has been detained at the Police Force Headquarters, Abuja for the last three weeks without having access to his family members and lawyers. He was on Wednesday arraigned on two counts bordering on insulting Governor Hope Uzodinma and Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo.