The Federal Capital Territory Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ has demanded the immediate release of arrested journalist Madu Onuora.
In a statement released on Thursday the NUJ said it is worried by the spate of harassment of journalists disguised in the form of police arrests.
The NUJ says that while it is not averse to the right of citizens seeking redress over legitimate infringements on their rights, it believes that constitutional measures should be deployed in doing so.
The NUJ says it condemns the commando like raiding of the home of Madu Onuorah, Editor-in-Chief of the Globalupfront Newspaper, an online publication, describing the forceful whisking away of Onuorah as akin to kidnapping.
Madu Onuorah, the former Bureau Chief of the Guardian Newspaper and Managing Director of the Authority Newspaper was picked up on Wednesday (May 23,) from his residence in the Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory.
Editor Oloyede Oworu
