Lawyers knock DSS for journalist’s continued detention

Some legal practitioners in the country have condemned the continued detention of the Abuja Bureau Chief of The Independent Newspapers, Tony Ezimako, by the Department of State Services.

Three lawyers, who spoke with our correspondent on Monday, said Ezimako’s continued detention bordered on illegality as it was against the provisions of the constitution.

Ezimako was reportedly arrested by the DSS over an investigative report he published on how the Federal Government paid ransom to secure the release of some of the abducted Chibok girls.

The DSS was said to have been holding him for about five days, ignoring the call for his release from various quarters, including the Nigeria Union of Journalists.

Punch, March 5, 2018

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