 has released two reporters from Jay 101.9 FM in Jos, Plateau State, who were wrongfully arrested){kind=link}
The Department of State Services (DSS) has released two reporters from Jay 101.9 FM in Jos, Plateau State, who were wrongfully arrested during President Bola Tinubu’s visit to the state on Saturday for the burial of the mother of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwadta Goshwe.
According to a reliable security source, upon learning that some overzealous operatives had detained Ms. Ruth Marcus and Keshia Jang, both employees of the radio station, the Director-General of the DSS, Mr. Oluwatosin Ajayi, immediately ordered their release.
The source added that the Service promptly contacted the National President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Alhassan Yahaya, to convey the DG’s apologies.
“The Director assured the NUJ President that the new DSS leadership treasures the importance of a free press in a democracy, and has ordered a thorough investigation into the matter. He further assured the NUJ President that any officer found culpable will be appropriately sanctioned.
“The new DG is correcting the wrongs he inherited. One of them is overzealousness. This is why the new DG has not failed to admit so whenever the Service makes mistakes. We are witnesses to several instances when the Service apologized and even compensated victims of wrongful arrests.
“The DG is an absolute lover of human rights and press freedom. You may recall that sometime ago, the DSS DG apologized to the management of TVC over the alleged harassment and intimidation of a reporter,” the source added.