Socialist Party Protest: ‘No journalist was intentionally arrested by the Police’—-Lagos PPRO

Lagos State Police Command has said no journalist was intentionally arrested at the Ojuelegba scene of protest on Thursday.

Socialist Party of Nigeria had organized a protest against fuel price hike in which journalists were arrested.

Responding to National Association of Online Security Reporters NAOSRE’s inquiry, Lagos Police Command’s spokesman, Superintendent Olumuyiwa Adejobi made these clarification

Said he; “The men were picked alongside with some protesters. They were immediately released by the Commissioner when they produced their Identity Cards. So, no journalist was intentionally arrested by the Police.”

On Thursday, September 10, there were reports of unlawful arrest of four journalists. They were covering an organized peaceful protest on the fuel price increase in Yaba, Lagos State.

The protest was organized by the Socialist Party of Nigeria.
The arrested journalists were identified as Ifeoluwa Adediran of Premium Times and Abiodun Ayeoba of Sahara Reporters. Others were Awoniyi Oluwatosin of Objective Media and Daniel Tanimu of Galaxy Television.