Controversial activist and journalist, Agba Jalingo, has been arrested and detained at Alapere Police Station, Lagos.
The wife of the activist, Violet Agba, confirmed this to om Saturday.
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She noted that the police had planned to transfer the activist to Abuja tomorrow morning.
She claimed that Jalingo was being arrested for alleged defamation of character of the wife of Frank Ayade, the brother of the Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade.
It was learnt that Jalibgo will be moved to Abuja Sunday morning.
In 2019, the journalist was arrested following an allegation of treason by Ben Ayade.
He was subsequently arraigned for treason and attempting to overthrow the state government due to highly critical articles he published.
In March 2022, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu discharged and acquitted him of the accusations at a Federal High Court in Calabar.
