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The Take-It-Back Movement led by human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has said it will be directing its members in Lagos State to occupy the Area F Police Command, Ikeja, should the police refuse to free journalist Agba Jalingo. Jalingo had been reportedly detained at the Alapere Police Station before his transfer to the Area Command. The wife of the activist, Violet Agba, who confirmed the development, added that the police planned to ...

The Rule of Law And Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has condemned the unlawful detention of a Nigerian journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo, by the Nigerian Police on Friday. The group made this known in a release on Saturday by the Executive Director, Okechukwu Nwanguma, stating that an allegation of defamation should not justify the manner in which the operatives of the Nigerian Police invaded his residence and held him in detention.

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has said the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force are notorious for neglecting their basic roles of protection of lives and properties due to corruption and poor incentives. SaharaReporters had reported that Sowore, while speaking in an interview with the Africa Independent Television (AIT), said the Nigerian policemen had been reduced to protecting only the Very Important Personalities (VIPs) while the rest of Nigerian...

A frivolous petition bordering on defamation which was filed by Mrs. Elizabeth Alami Ayade, wife of Dr. Frank Ayade, the younger brother of Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade led to the arrest of journalist, Agba Jalingo, on Friday in Lagos State. According to Cross River Watch where Jalingo is publisher, Mrs. Alami Ayade, through her lawyers in Abuja – Uyi Frank Obayagbona & Co had written to Jalingo, claiming he wrote a defamatory article about her and wants N500million as com...

Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force, State Criminal Investigation Department have moved arrested journalist, Agba Jalingo to Abuja. SaharaReporters can confirm this from his Facebook post on Saturday morning. He said, "At the airport en route Abuja with detectives from SCID Force headquarters."

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has said that Cross River activist and journalist, Agba Jalingo is currently in its custody. Recall that Agba

The ridiculously lenient sentence recently slapped on Hamisu Bala, also known as Wadume, is a travesty of justice on a grand scale.

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, on Saturday said the detention of journalist, Agba Jalingo, by the Nigerian police is a contravention of the provisions of Nigerian law. Jalingo had reportedly detained at the Alapere Police Station in Lagos State on Friday, before his transfer to Abuja on Saturday morning. SaharaReporters earlier reported that operatives of the Nigerian Police Force, State Criminal Investigation Department, amid public outcry, moved Jalingo to Abuja.

The senior lawyer said the journalist did not commit any criminal offence to warrant such treatment by the police.

Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria issues more details on the arrest of Agba Jalingo, The Publisher of CrossRiverwatch.