The arrest of Nigerian journalist Tunji Omirin, after military officers stormed the regional office of “The Daily Trust”, has been slammed by the Media Foundation for West Africa. The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) condemns the arrest and interrogation of Daily Trust reporter Tunji Omirin by the military over a story on the Boko Haram insurgency. A group of soldiers stormed the Borno State Secretariat of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Maiduguri on January 30, 2020 and arrested the journalist. The military officers had twice gone to the regional office of Daily Trust in Maiduguri earlier that day in search of the journalist before tracing him to the NUJ secretariat. The journalist was detained and interrogated for about three hours before being released with caution.

Source: GNN Liberia February 13, 2020 20:26 UTC