The journalist arrived at the facility around 9:00am and was accompanied by the company’s lawyer.
A journalist and founder, Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo Soyombo, on Wednesday honoured the police invitation at the Nigeria Poice Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCC) in Abuja.
The journalist arrived at the facility around 9:00am and was accompanied by the company’s lawyer.
Fisayo who was in high spirits said in a post on his Facebook page that should nobody hear from him, that means he has been detained by the Nigerian police.
Fisayo is a crack journalist known for investigative reports and undercover and has exposed systemic, societal injustice, rot and corruption in the public sectors including the Nigeria Police and Nigeria Customs Service.
He was declared wanted by the Nigerian Police over some of his exceptional and impactful reports which many top government officials considered offensive.
According to the post “I have just voluntarily arrived at the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCC) in Abuja based on publicly available information that I am wanted. I’m here with @fijnigeria lawyer @abimbolaojenike.
“If you haven’t heard from me by dawn, it means I have been detained, in which case, further updates will be provided by @fijnigeria.
“See you ‘soon’, whenever that is — today, tomorrow, next week, next month. Whenever”
Recall that a journalist with FIJ, Daniel Ojukwu Daniel was arrested in Lagos on Wednesday May 1 before he was transferred to Abuja on Sunday May 5.
The journalist was interrogated at the National Cybercrime Centre (NPF- NCCC) for alleged Cybercrime violation following a petition written by one Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire,Senior Special Assistant on Sustainable Development Goals ( SDG ) to the former President Muhammadu Buhari.
He was detained for nine days at Force Criminal Investigation Department ( FCID ) with medical care and access to his family and lawyer.
It took the intervention of the Action Group for the Protection of Civic Actors and human rights activists, Omoyele Sowore and Deji Adeyanju who staged a protest at the Force Headquarters to demand for the release.
