'As a matter of urgency, the military should tell the world why Mr Olatunji was arrested, where he is being kept, and why he has not been charged in court,' IPI Nigeria demanded.
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In a statement, on Tuesday, by its president, Musikilu Mojeed, and its legal adviser/chair, advocacy committee, Tobi Soniyi, IPI Nigeria said that multiple checks have revealed that Mr Olatunji is in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency . The statement said that IPI Nigeria had received inquiries about the journalist’s disappearance from all over the world., the Nigerian Army, the Defence Intelligence Agency, the Defence Headquarters, and the Ministry of Information and National Orientation, seeking information on Mr Olatunji and demanding his release. But all the efforts have so far failed.
It urged the international community to pay attention to the unjust detention of Mr. Olatunji by the Nigerian military. “According to reports, armed men in two unmarked vans arrived at Mr Olatunji’s home in Lagos on 15 March. The men, two of whom wore military-style uniforms, introduced themselves as officers of the Nigerian Army and forced Mr. Olatunji to go with them. They declined to tell his wife, who witnessed the abduction, where he was being taken,” the Institute recalled.
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