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#RevolutionNow: Journalists protest arrest of colleagues in Cross Rivers
Journalists in Cross Rivers state on Monday evening embarked on protests over their colleagues that were arrested by the police at the venue of Revolution Now protest.
The arrested journalists are Nicholas Kalu of The Nation newspaper and two other bloggers that work with crossriverswatch.
The journalists were reportedly arrested in the early hours of Monday at the cultural centre, the purported venue of the RevolutionNow protest.
It was gathered that the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Cross River State Council, Comrade Victor Udu, and other senior members of the union had made frantic efforts to secure the release of the detained journalist but the efforts yielded no positive results.
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The Chairman regretted the continued detention of the journalist by the Police saying that the reporter was approaching the venue of the protest with a view to covering the expected protest.
Consequently, the Police, having refused to release their colleague, the journalists mostly correspondents and members of the State Executive Council led by the Chairman, Comrade Victor Udu vowed not to leave the Ernest Etim Bassey Press Centre until the Police release their colleagues.
It was gathered that as at 9.30pm on Monday, journalists were still waiting for the release of their colleagues even as a top source hinted the detained journalist and bloggers would be charged to Magistrate Court One on Tuesday.
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